Tag: Brazil
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Brazil Grows Sugarcane Because It Rains, Pakistan Grows It Because It Pays
By Fazeel Asif. Sugarcane is a tropical crop. It evolved in wet climates, the kind found in Brazil’s center-south, coastal India, and Thailand’s humid plains, places where water arrives from the sky in abundance and the soil stays saturated for months. In those landscapes, you don’t coax the crop into existence. It simply belongs. For…
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Death toll from mudslides and floods in Brazil’s Petropolis rises to 117
The death toll from mudslides and floods in Brazil’s Petropolis rose to 117 on Thursday and was expected to increase further as the region reels from the heaviest rains in almost a century
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Several tourists killed after wall of rocks collapses in Brazil
At least seven people have died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on to boats carrying tourists on a lake in southeastern Brazil
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American Airlines fined for denying kosher food to passengers
A Brazilian court has fined American Airlines $1,759 for failing to provide kosher food to two passengers who had been assured they would receive it on long-haul flights. According to the details, one of the passengers went without food for 10 hours from New York to São Paulo. The other fasted for a total of…
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GOL Boeing 737-800 diverts following engine shutdown
A Gol Transportes Aereos 737-800, scheduled to fly from Juazeiro Do Norte (JDO) to Sao Paulo (GRU), was diverted to Petrolina after the plane suffered an engine shutdown within 40 minutes of departure. According to the details, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes aircraft registration PR-GXM performing flight G3-1875 with 182 people on board, was climbing through FL230 out…
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Brazil wildfires kill approximately 17 million animals
Brazil: The Brazilian wildfires killed about 17 million animals in their wake. Scientists in Brazil concluded a particularly grim conservation study – attempting to count the animals killed by huge wildfires in the Pantanal wetlands. They estimate that as many as 17 million vertebrates – including reptiles, birds and primates – died. Wildfires burned between…
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Saudi Arabia resumes flights from Pakistan from December 1
Saudi Arabia on Thursday declared that it will permit Pakistani explorers to straightforwardly enter the Kingdom beginning December 1, 2021, without going through multi day quarantine in a third country. Beside Pakistan, the new mandates will likewise be appropriate to residents of a few different nations, including Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt, and India beginning from…
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US President invites Taiwan to virtual summit on democracy, potentially risking China’s ire
US President Joe Biden has invited Taiwan to a virtual summit on democracy with more than 100 countries – a move that is bound to anger China, which is not on the list
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Nicole Oliveira Becomes The Youngest Astronomer
Nicole Oliveira, an 8-year-old from Fortaleza, Brazil, has been named the world’s youngest astronomer. Nicole has joined the NASA-affiliated program and started searching for asteroids. She has so far traced 18 asteroids, a project NASA has dubbed the Asteroid Hunters, aimed at introducing young people to science by helping them make discoveries in the universe.…
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Brazilian Health Minister tests positive for COVID-19: UNGA
Brazilian Health Minister’s test for Corona Viruses came back positive after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Conference; while he fell victim, the rest of the people to come in contact with him became lucky. According to the French news agency (AFP), a press release issued by the Brazilian government, which states that other members…