IACHR concerned about sterilization of women in US migration centers
TSF - Portugal - 23/09/2020
New record of arctic cold of -69.6 ºC is registered 28 years later
AFP - Denmark - 23/09/2020
On December 22, 1991, a record of cold was recorded in the Northern Hemisphere, with a temperature of -69.6ºC in Greenland – announced on Wednesday (23) the Meteorological Institute of Denmark (DMI), 28 years later.
This reading was made by a measuring station that…
Timorese government approves universal basic food basket to support citizens
Lusa - Portugal - 23/09/2020
The Timorese Government approved today the allocation of a universal basic basket worth 25 dollars (21.4 euros) per person to support Timorese families and national producers, in the framework of the response to covid-19.
The measure, presented by the coordinating…
Beijing's gambling campaign sparks race for casino cash
Hoje Macau - 23/09/2020
Fears of a new Beijing campaign against gambling outside the jurisdiction of the Interior, which will include Macau, sparked a race for deposits at casinos and gambling companies, also known as junkets.
According to an article published yesterday by the Reuters news…
Stockholm Nobel ceremony replaced with televised event
AFP - Sweden - 22/09/2020
The traditional Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm has been cancelled for the first time since 1944 in favour of a televised event due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers announced Tuesday.
Under normal circumstances laureates are invited to Stockholm to receive their…
Iberian team discovers 68 million-year-old dinosaur eggs in the Pyrenees
TSF - Portugal - 22/09/2020
Eggs belong to sauropod tyrannosaurus dinosaurs, a four-legged herbivorous species that could reach 30 meters in length.
Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists are digging a 68 million-year-old deposit of dinosaur eggs near the Pyrenees in Spain, said one of the…
Suspected Maddie kidnapping investigated for yet another rape in the Algarve
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 22/09/2020
The German justice opened a new investigation against the main suspect of the disappearance, in 2007, in Portugal, of the British Maddie McCann, related to the rape of a young Irish woman in 2004, the attorney of Brunswick announced this Tuesday.
“I can confirm that…
East Timorese Prosecutor brings charges against former priest for child abuse
Lusa - Portugal - 22/09/2020
The East Timorese Prosecutor’s Office has brought the charge against a former US priest for sexual abuse of children in the Oecusse-Ambeno enclave, the attorney general, José da Costa Ximenes, announced today.
Father Richard Daschbach, 82, is under house arrest in…
WHO says 172 countries want universal vaccine against Covid-19
Plataforma - Macau - 22/09/2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this Monday (21), in a press conference, that several have joined the initiative of Covax, a global alliance that aims to accelerate the development of vaccines against Covid-19 and make an equitable distribution the…
Companies in Japan that help people disappear
Folha de S.Paulo - Brasil - 22/09/2020
Businesses allow customers to quietly withdraw from their lives and still provide hosting
Around the world, from the United States to Germany or the United Kingdom, several people decide to disappear without a trace, leaving their homes, jobs and families to start another…
Covid-19: Pandemic killed 961,531 people worldwide
Lusa - International - 22/09/2020
The new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 961,531 people worldwide since WHO declared the disease in China in late December, according to a balance sheet made today by AFP, from official sources.
More than 31,110,400 cases of infection have been officially…
