New cases of Covid-19 dropped 9% worldwide last week, according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic released this Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations health agency cited by News to the Minute, revealed that 6.5 million cases were reported in the last week of July and...
An armed group attacked and beheaded three people, all adults, in Litanducua, a village in Macomia district that lies within a security cordon and with a strong military presence in Cabo Delgado, several local sources told VOA on Wednesday, 3. The attack occurred on Tuesday, 02, and targeted a village that...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, is participating this afternoon (14:00), in the business meeting of the African Agenda of the Community of CEO's (PCA's and executive directors). The meeting, to be held in the city of Maputo, is co-organized by the Association of Trade, Industry and Services (ACIS) and AMBROSETTI, an Italian organization that promotes business between...
The Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, directs today, Thursday, in Maputo the Regional conference on the Sustainable and Integrated Management of the Miombo Forest. The two-day event takes place under the theme "For a sustainable and integrated management of the miombo in building resilience to climate change and protecting the Greater Zambezi." According to a...
The company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), in partnership with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and the World Bank, is mobilizing resources to finance new electricity transmission infrastructures in the Southern region as well as in the country. In the case of Mozambique, the feasibility of the transmission line connecting...
BMW, which has the BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands, posted first-half profits of 13,232 million euros, up 73.6% compared to the same period in 2021, the German automaker announced Wednesday. In a statement, BMW said that the group's turnover rose in the first...
Annual inflation in the OECD rose 10.3% in June, a maximum since 1988, due mainly to rising food and energy prices in most countries, the organization said today. In a statement released today and quoted by Lusa, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that in a third of the countries...
The industrial production price index in the European Union increased by 36.11 Q2 in June compared to the same period in 2021, Eurostat reported on Wednesday. In the Euro Zone, the increase was 35.81 Qat2. In Portugal, the increase was 27.31 PT2T when compared to June 2021. In relation to the month of May, the cost...
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) have created a disposable battery made of paper, which is activated through water. A strip of paper, two electrochemical cells at the end of the paper separated by a water barrier that joins the letters "m" and "p", as shown in the image below. Each...
The Mozambican electricity grid will be connected in the short term to those of Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, among other countries, to improve the power transaction as part of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) initiative, which aims at coordinating the electricity sector at the level of the southern region. The information was shared yesterday in Maputo by the administrator for the...