I take the liberty of transmitting to you the account of an extraordinary phenomenon. At five o’clock in the morning, I was called out of bed to witness, in the words of the person who woke me up, the expression “it’s raining fire”. To my surprise, I found that statement apparently true; for, when looking … Read more
Footballer Gonçalo Guedes joins Benfica on loan from English side Wolverhampton until the end of the season, announced the leader of the Portuguese First League, with the striker returning to the training club. “It’s a return to home! Trained at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, striker Gonçalo Guedes, 26, reinforces the professional football team until the … Read more
Comet “C/2022 E3 (ZTF)” will cross Earth’s sky again 50,000 years after its last visit and will be visible to the naked eye at the end of January. The small rocky and icy body is only a kilometer in diameter. The comet was discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) program, which … Read more
NASA’s Orion space capsule arrived safely on Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, concluding the Artemis-1 mission, a more than 25-day journey around the Moon that expects humans to return there in the next few years . . After being launched into the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour, … Read more
The electronics engineer responsible for creating the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) consoles, Masayuki Uemura, died on Monday aged 78, announced this Thursday the Game Development Center at Ritsumeikan University, in Japan. “Professor Masayuki Uemura, professor at the Faculty of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, who was one … Read more
The removal by the Rockefeller family of a tapestry installed more than three decades ago at the entrance to the UN Security Council and which represented the work Guernica, by Pablo Picasso, caused a stir among diplomats and senior officials, AFP reports. After the organization announced on Thursday the removal of the work by its … Read more
The city of Rio Bananal, in southeastern Brazil, missed all doses of the vaccine against covid-19 after a 9-year-old child turned off the power at the vaccination headquarters, the Civil Police said today. According to the authorities, the boy was responsible for switching off the electricity clock at the Rio Bananal vaccination headquarters, in the … Read more
The health authority of the town of La Spezia, northern Italy, included homosexuals in the vaccination protocol against covid-19, which he characterized as risky and priority individuals, generating controversy and criticism at the national level. The controversy arose when Ferrucio Sansa, a candidate supported by the Democratic Party (PD, center-left) and the 5 Star Movement … Read more
Joe Biden, President of the United States, this Wednesday announced new sanctions against the generals responsible for the coup d’état in Burma (now Myanmar), including blocking access to assets valued at $ 1,000 million (€ 824 million). “We will freeze assets in the US that benefit the Burmese government, while maintaining our support for healthcare, … Read more
It was her daughters, Hannah and Lucy, who confirmed the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore this Tuesday. “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore. We are very grateful to be with him in the last hours of his life.” In a statement released … Read more