Netflix seeks recruits for real-life 'Squid Game'
AFP - France - 15/06/2022
Want to play “Squid Game” for real? Netflix is looking for recruits to compete for millions of dollars — and even promises not to have you violently murdered if you lose.
“With the largest cast in reality TV history, 456 real players will enter the…
US panel weighs authorizing Covid vaccines for youngest children
AFP - United States - 15/06/2022
After months of anxious wait for some parents, a panel of experts convened by the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Wednesday to weigh recommending Covid vaccines for the nation’s youngest children.
Children under five are the only age group not yet eligible…
Most Gaza children suffer 'distress' after 15 years of blockade: NGO
AFP - Palestine - 15/06/2022
Four out of five children in Gaza suffer from emotional distress, Save the Children said Wednesday, 15 years after Israel slapped a strict blockade on the Palestinian territory.
Israel imposed the measure in June 2007, as fighters of the Islamist Hamas movement took…
What we know in case of missing British journalist and Amazon expert
AFP - Brazil - 15/06/2022
The search for a British journalist and a Brazilian Indigenous expert who vanished deep in the Amazon enters its 11th day Wednesday amid fading hopes of finding them alive and persistent international pressure to resolve the case.
This is what we know so far:
Two…
Connectivity accelerates Macao's integration with Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Xinhua - China - 15/06/2022
At around 8 am on weekdays, Macao resident Cheong spends less than a minute crossing the border into Zhuhai from neighboring Guangdong Province via the Qingmao Border Post, the fifth land port connecting the Special Administrative Region of Macau (SAR) with the mainland of…
Pope Francis criticizes Russian “cruelty” in Ukraine
Agência Brasil - 14/06/2022
An article by the pontiff was published today in the journal Civilta Cattolica
Pope Francis has delivered a new round of criticism of Russia for the country’s actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious and that the invasion violated a…
Vale do Javari, strategic region for drug trafficking in the Brazilian Amazon
AFP - Brazil - 14/06/2022
The disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira in Vale do Javari highlighted this remote Amazon region on the border with Peru and Colombia, with a strong presence of drug trafficking.
The place where the two men were last seen…
Drug use increases in Europe
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 14/06/2022
The production of synthetic drugs in Europe is increasing, there are more and more narcotics of this type available in the European Union and the consumption of cocaine, crack, amphetamines and methamphetamines increased in some European cities between 2020 and 2021.
To…
UN wants measures in the WTO against the food crisis that affects millions
Lusa - Portugal - 14/06/2022
United Nations officials Rebeca Grynspan and Michelle Bachelet yesterday defended an agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference to prevent the war in Ukraine from worsening the food crisis for millions of people.
In an open letter, the United…
WTO seeks shot in the arm with Covid jab IP idea
AFP - Switzerland - 13/06/2022
The WTO’s search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial meeting since December 2017 is wrestling with…
