The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced this Friday (8) that world food prices reached in March "the highest levels ever recorded" because of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is threatening an international crisis. The prices of agricultural raw materials, such as wheat, corn or sunflower oil,...
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April 9, 2022April 9, 2022Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
Airbus A380 flies on cooking oil
The Airbus A380, a giant of the skies with beyond enormous dimensions that make it the largest in the world, has completed an experimental flight powered only by cooking oil. A test aircraft completed a three-hour flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF, consisting of cooking oil used in its journey, and...
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Woman rejuvenates 30 years. The method can serve for degenerative diseases
A group of scientists from the Babraham Institute in the UK have succeeded in modifying the skin cells of a 53-year-old woman, causing them to behave as if they were 23 years old, or 30 years younger. The findings may serve to prevent the progression of degenerative diseases. The researchers have confirmed the fact...
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Cabo Delgado: Journalist's disappearance remains unknown two years later
Clarification on the circumstances of the disappearance of Mozambican journalist Ibraimo Mbaruco remains static. The journalist went missing under strange circumstances, at the peak time of terrorist attacks, in northern Mozambique. "Surrounded by soldiers..." These are the last words heard from Mozambican journalist Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco before he went missing in Cabo Delgado, two years...
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April 9, 2022April 9, 2022Latest, Market Announcements, Economy, National
BM makes presentation on economic conjuncture and inflation perspectives
The Bank of Mozambique (BM) held a public presentation on the economic environment and inflation outlook (CEPI), this Friday (08). This is the first session since the institution adopted the MIMO rate, as the main monetary policy instrument, in April 2017. The presentation, with news coverage, was made by the Director of the Department of...
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Will Smith banned from the Oscars for ten years
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, has decided to suspend actor Will Smith from all events organized by the academy, including non-face-to-face events, following his unseemly posturing at the last Oscars. "The 94th edition of the Oscars was supposed to be a celebration of the incredible work done during the year....
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April 8, 2022April 9, 2022Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
Russia accuses YouTube of spreading fake news
Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, accuses the YouTube video platform of spreading false information about the "special military operation" in Ukraine. YouTube recently announced, and has done so, the closure of monetized Russian channels on its platform, including Russian state-funded media, according to...
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April 8, 2022April 8, 2022Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
"Zuck Buck": Meta's digital currency may be on the way
Meta, Facebook's parent company, is evaluating the possibility of moving forward with a digital currency. If this is to happen it will be called "Zuck Buck," according to engadget. Despite the failure of the first attempt to launch its digital currency, Meta hasn't given up. Sources...
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Max Tonela prevents illegal rehabilitation of Veronica Macamo's house
The Government, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, cancelled a tender for the award of rehabilitation works of a protocol residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Veronica Macamo. According to Lusa (via noticiasaominuto), the Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, invalidated the tender, in an order issued on the last...
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Galp maintains reservations about gas projects in Mozambique
The president of Galp, Andy Brown, expressed some reservations about the presence of his company at the beginning of gas exploration in the Rovuma basin, in Cabo Delgado province. According to Brown, who was speaking this Thursday in Lisbon, the crucial thing at this moment is to eliminate the focus of terrorist actions in the...