At least 11 people are dead and more are still missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized in northern Brazil, officials said. The Brazilian Navy said in a statement that the speedboat was on its way to Belem,…
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Covid: China’s Chengdu 20 million residents in lockdown
Authorities in Chengdu, one of China’s largest cities, have imposed strict restrictions on the city’s 2.12 million residents to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. They have also announced a 4-day public test for the detection of Covid-19 across the…
Violence against women has increased more than 70 percent in Mexico
Violence against women has increased dramatically in Mexico over the past five years. 7 out of 10 girls or women are victims of some form of violence. This information came out in a study of the Statistics Office of Mexico.…
Hardline Trump supporters are a threat to US democracy: Biden
US President Joe Biden has commented that supporters of Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda are a threat to democracy. “The Make America Great Again forces are determined to take the country back,” he said in a speech in…
Myanmar Court Sentences Suu Kyi To 3 Years For Voting Fraud
Myanmar’s Nobel-winning leader has been found guilty of fraud in the 2020 general election, threats to election officials and involvement in illegal activities. A Myanmar court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup, to…
The Queen has left Buckingham Palace for good
If that happens, she will be out of the palace for the first time since she took the throne in 1952 as Elizabeth II. The Queen can choose any of four places to stay during the Buckingham Palace renovation. These…
Putin agrees to increase the size of the Russian armed forces
President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a proposal to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 19 million to 2.4 million. Reuters reported that he signed a decree in this regard on Thursday. The war in Ukraine is now…