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Brasile
Só educação ambiental solucionará crise hídrica, afirmam especialistas
Em seminário promovido pelo Correio Braziliense, ontem, diversos especialistas debateram os desafios da crise hídrica e os preparativos para o 8º Fórum Mundial da Água. Um tema foi consenso no evento: a importância da educação ambiental para que a sociedade participe e se conscientize sobre o uso responsável da água.O ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Police arrest seven more people in day two of major Porirua and Wellington meth sting
More suspects caught in raids targeting the methamphetamine trade have appeared in court after armed police swooped on the Wellington suburb of Newlands.
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Russia Turchia
Eight arrested in connected with St Petersburg bombing
Eight members of extremist cells have been arrested in connection with last week's deadly bombing on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russia's intelligence chief said on Tuesday.The suicide bombing on the subway in Russia's second largest city killed 13 passengers and injured dozens.Akbardzhon Dzhalilov, a 22-year old Kyrgyz-born Russian national, ...
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Malta
Editorial - Coalition: PN rents out space on its ballot sheet
These are exciting times indeed. After a massive electoral victory the size of which no one ever imagined in tribal Malta and after a socialist party morphed into a post-soviet capitalist government, we now have a coalition which, in principle set out to defy electoral laws and challenge the status ...
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Malta
Combining healthcare and technology: Minister unveils new emCare centre in Swatar
Health Minister Chris Fearne yesterday lauded the private investment being made by the private sector in the health services when attending the inauguration of a new emCarecentre in Swatar. The centre is situated at the Idox Business Centre.Combining healthcare with technology, emCare pioneers a wide range of solutions that deliver ...
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USA Australia
Watch: Video of passenger getting dragged off flight sparks uproar
Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, but United's CEO defended his employees, saying they followed proper procedures and had no choice but to call authorities and remove the man.As the flight waited to depart from Chicago's ...
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USA Spagna Panama Malta
Maltese journalist wins Pulitzer Prize as part of Panama Papers team
A Maltese journalist, Matthew Caruana Galizia, is part of a team working for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the Panama Papers who has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.The announcement was made yesterday by Columbia University.The Pulitzer Prize Board lauded the year-long investigation for “using a ...
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Turchia USA
White House press secretary apologizes for 'insensitive' reference to Holocaust
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for making an "inappropriate and insensitive" comparison to the Holocaust in earlier comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons — remarks that drew instant rebuke from Jewish groups and critics.Spicer said in an interview with CNN that he was ...
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USA Germania
Updated: Champions League match postponed after 3 explosions near B. Dortmund bus, player injured
Three explosions went off near the team bus of Borussia Dortmund, one of Germany's top soccer clubs, as it set off for a Champions League quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening. One of Dortmund's players was injured.Police said they were working on the assumption that the blasts were directed at the ...
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Malta
National Development Bank to plug gaps in access to finance left after 2008 crisis - Louis Grech
Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech stressed that the proposed National Development Bank would plug the gap left behind following the stringent regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis which left the EU economy in a state of stagnation for many years after.The 2008 financial crisis led to changes in global ...