The world's second largest economy, China, grew by 8.1% in 2021, but saw a sharp slowdown in the second half of the year, reflecting a campaign launched to reduce leverage levels in the real estate sector. In the final quarter of 2021, the year-on-year growth rate of the world's second largest economy slowed to 4%, down...
The international vaccine sharing mechanism for covid-19 COVAX has reached one billion doses of vaccine distributed against covid-19 in 144 countries, it was announced this Saturday. The information was released by the president of the Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI), which collides the COVAX mechanism, José Manuel Durão Barroso, on the social network...
The President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Leader of the Portuguese Opposition, Rui Rio, recognizes that the company Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) is the flag carrier of "some other country" and not of Portugal, because TAP flights cost more than 3.5 times as much, about 37 thousand meticais (507 euros)...
Although Angola will emerge from recession in 2021, its economic output will remain below pre-pandemic covid-19 levels until next year, according to the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) economist. Despite the growth that may be seen this year after six years...
An underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the Pacific erupted this Saturday in the capital of the islands of Tonga, Nuku'alofa, and triggered a tsunami that drove the city's residents to despair. To date there have been no reports of loss of life. "The ground shook, the whole house shook. It was coming in waves," said one...
Netflix announced Friday that it is raising monthly subscription prices between one and two dollars in the United States, depending on the plan, to help pay for new programming and to compete in the mass television streaming market. "We are updating our prices so that we can continue to offer great...
Alphabet is temporarily requiring weekly covid-19 testing for anyone entering Google's offices or facilities in the United States, according to a company source. Anyone entering these workplaces, Google will require a negative test and the person will be required to wear surgical-grade masks while in the office....
Malaysia's Karex Berhad, the world's largest condom producer, expects demand to reach pre-pandemic highs this year in consumer purchases of premium products and restocking by health agencies, according to the company's CEO. "The value of sales could increase further as consumers are...
Covid-19 should start to be seen as a common flu in Portugal, as is already happening in Spain, some experts suggest. The ways of contraction of the virus and its behavior in the human organism are already known worldwide and this is possible to predict, after two years in...
After six straight weeks of high new cases of Covid-19 in Africa, the fourth wave of the pandemic on the continent, driven by the Omicron variant, is stable. The confirmation was made Thursday by the World Health Organization, WHO. Southern Africa, where there has been a large increase in new infections, has already seen a decline of 14% in the past week. Africa...