Shortly before midnight, Benjamin Kagan, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, USA, took up his post. Open your laptop and navigate to a local health clinic’s appointments page. Enter a stranger’s…
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Andrew Cuomo battles from hero to villain in less than a year and struggles not to fall out of favor in USA
A year after emerging from the first wave of the U.S. pandemic as a hero in the eyes of Donald Trump’s critics, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is now…
Coimbra City Council sends contracts to former prosecutor with his son’s company to the Coimbra Public Ministry
The Coimbra City Council announced last Saturday that the Socialist City Councilor had asked Jorge Alves to resign and that he was “immediately accepted” by President Manuel Machado. The reason…
Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison for corruption | Nicolas Sarkozy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced today to three years in prison for corruption and influence, and to one year in prison under the 2014 wiretapping. The former head…
The dose interval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine has been extended from 21 to 28 days for coronavirus
The government this Monday announced the change to the standard for Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid-19, extending the period between the two doses required for immunization. “We want to update DG…
In Batalha there are walls that tell the story of their villages report
In a huge red heart painted on the wall of a house in Torre, Batalha municipality, lives part of a popular song recorded for posterity by a group of young…
Foreign journalists denounce “rapid decline in press freedom” in China | Coronavirus
The Chinese government implemented preventive measures against the Covid-19 pandemic and imposed restrictions on visas to restrict the work of journalists, which contributed to a “rapid decline” in freedom of…
Iran intensifies the pressure on the US and calls for the lifting of the nuclear sanctions
The Iranian government has reiterated that for a possible return of Washington to the Iranian nuclear program agreement, it will only return to the negotiating table with the United States…
North Korea’s mysterious kitschy interior | Architecture
North Korea has been one of the most reluctant countries in the world for decades. Its isolation from the outside, promoted by today’s communist regime under the leadership of Kim…
Large families can now charge a discount on the light VAT electricity
Families with five or more members can apply to their supplier for a VAT reduction on electricity from this Monday and must prove their status as a large family. It…