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The Ibovespa index closed the year at 120,283.40 points, reflecting a slight increase of 0.01% on the last trading day. However, this minor uptick could not offset a significant annual decline of 10.38%, marking the worst performance since 2021. The U.S. dollar ended at R$ 6.1802, down 0.21%. However, it gained 27.34% against the Brazilian […]
Police have ordered the exhumation of the suspect’s husband, who they had originally believed died of a foodborne illness. (EPA Images pic) RIO DI JANEIRO: Brazilian police are investigating three deaths and several hospitalisations resulting from a family eating an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, local media reported over the weekend. Three women died after eating the […]
Andrew Jernigan, 51, has moved with his family between the US and Brazil multiple times. The last time he lived in Brazil, his children were teenagers and found the move difficult. He says that when moving with kids older than 12, parents need to think about safety and college. This as-told-to essay is based on […]
China’s commerce ministry on Friday launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry, it said. Imported beef in Hong Kong, on February 1, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The local price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack […]
Brazil’s energy landscape faces a critical juncture as the Angra 3 nuclear power plant project continues to stall. Originally launched in 1984, this ambitious initiative has encountered numerous setbacks. These include construction halts and corruption scandals. Currently, the project remains unfinished, with an estimated completion cost of R$ 25 billion. Angra 3 is vital for […]
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Construction at BYD’s new EV plant in Brazil was suddenly halted Monday after authorities found Chinese workers in “slavery-like” conditions. The workers were hired in China by another firm, and BYD has since cut ties. BYD and the firm are now saying the term “slavery” was unjustly used, and some translations may have been misunderstood. […]
On December 26th, Li Yunfei, the General Manager of Brand and Public Relations Department of BYD Group, posted a message at noon saying: “If you want to accuse someone falsely, there is no lack of pretext! In matters related to smearing Chinese brands, smearing China itself, and attempting to undermine China-Pakistan friendship, we have seen […]
High incarceration rates in Latin America – the region with the world’s fastest-growing prison population – are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is bucking the global trend for falling incidents of the disease, experts have warned. A study published in The Lancet Public Health journal has estimated that, contrary to previous assumptions, HIV/Aids is […]
More than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from “slave-like conditions” in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday. This handout picture released by Brazils Workers Public Ministry (MPT) shows an operation that rescued 163 workers from slave-like conditions” in Brazil where they had been […]
Construction at BYD’s new EV plant in Brazil was suddenly halted Monday after authorities found Chinese workers in “slavery-like” conditions. The workers were hired in China by another firm, and BYD has since cut ties. Why construction at BYD’s EV plant in Brazil is halted According to a statement from the Public Ministry of Labor […]