The cause of death of American actor Sidney Poitier has been revealed. The artist left us on January 6, at the age of 94. According to TMZ, the artist - who was the first black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor - died from prostate cancer, dementia, and also from having...
House prices rose by 9.2% in the European Union and 8.8% in the euro area in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, while rents increased by 1.2% over this period in the EU area. According to data released by Eurostat, this is the largest annual increase for the euro area since 2005, when the...
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer revealed on Tuesday that laboratory studies of the oral treatment paxlovid against the new coronavirus have demonstrated its efficacy against the new variant Omicron. In a statement, the drugmaker said the studies suggest that the treatment "has the potential to maintain plasma concentrations much higher than the amount...
Brazil was elected as the Latin American country that will host the first office of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). The country will become one of the four worldwide where the United Nations agency specialized in tourism has a presence. According to the real estate portal of Jornal Económico, Gilson Machado Neto, Minister...
Galp Solar is the company's new brand to accelerate sales of solar panels. The new brand will take on the 4000 photovoltaic customers for self-consumption that was previously in charge of its subsidiary ei independent energy that was launched a year ago. "Joining forces with Galp is a huge opportunity for...
US drugmaker Moderna intends to launch a single booster vaccine against the common flu and Covid-19 within two years, writes the news to the minute, citing the British newspaper The Guardian. Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the combination vaccine will protect against Covid-19, influenza and RSV, a respiratory virus...
The Indian pharmaceutical company 'Gennova Biopharmaceuticals' has revealed it is developing a specific mRNA vaccine against the Omicron variant of Covid-19. According to a source close to the matter, quoted by 'Reuters', the vaccine may be ready within a month or two, expecting soon another tool that will help fight against this...
The price of oil continues to rise in Tuesday's session, having already reached the highest level in seven years. The price of Brent crude has already risen "more than 30%" in relation to the minimum values set in December last year. For Henrique Tomé, analyst at XTB, "analyzing the Brent (OIL) chart, we can see that the price...
South Africa is increasingly taking a leading position in the development of space infrastructure. Africa's most industrialized country wants to become a service provider, par excellence, especially for the African continent. It recently launched three nano-satellites via a SpaceX rocket. These are the first equipment of the new...
Motor vehicle production in Portugal grew by 9.7% last year compared to the previous year (2020), but the numbers still lag behind the peak reached in the pre-covid period, registering a 16.1% drop compared to 2019. Cumulative data indicates that in 2021, plants installed in Portugal produced 289,954 vehicles, according to...