World Health Organization (WHO) data estimates that about 180,000 health care workers may have lost their lives worldwide between January last year and May this year due to Covid-19. The calculation is based on an analysis of 3.45 million coronavirus deaths, but the WHO believes that...
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Brent crude oil rises again above $86 a barrel
Oil, has been rising for several days due to the possibility of greater demand, at a time when there is little supply due to Covid-19. News advanced by the Lusa news agency, give account of another rise in the price of black gold that passes to 86.19 dollars in the International Exchange Futures. It's true ...
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Displaced women make 200Mt Xitique to return to their origins
A group of displaced women, in the reception camp in Ngalane, is making a "Xitique" contribution of 200 meticais, to return to their area of origin, from where they left due to armed attacks, a little throughout the province of Cabo Delgado. The amount seems negligible, but for someone who has lost everything and lives on...
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Evergrande wants to turn from real estate to electric cars
The real estate giant Evergrande, which is going through a crisis of significant dimensions, has signaled its intention to make the area of electric cars its main business within a decade, reads the news site published minutes. According to the Securities Times, Evergrande's "chairman," Hui Ka Yan, will be interested...
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INSS loses contributors and beneficiaries due to pandemic
The 2020 Statistical Yearbook of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reveal that the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) has lost a considerable portion of its assets due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The INE report indicates that the INSS lost about 193 contributors out of a total of 13,236 and 29,532 beneficiaries out of a...
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Creators can make money easier on Instagram
Instagram is evaluating a number of features to promote the matching of content creators and sponsors, with the former expected to make money more easily. What's new is that the app is conducting tests on what it has dubbed "affiliate stores" and a dedicated "partnerships" inbox. Affiliate stores are...
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October 25, 2021October 25, 2021Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
Facebook and Google team up to take on Apple
Facebook and Google partnered to circumvent privacy policies that Apple implemented in Safafri in order to offer greater privacy to their respective users. The charges are brought by 12 prosecutors and date back to 2020. "The companies have worked together to improve Facebook's ability to recognize users who use browsers...
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IMF. Portugal is among the 10 countries with high housing prices
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its Global Housing Price Index. The results showed that housing prices rose by 75% among the countries analyzed. Luxembourg tops the list of 60 countries analyzed by the IMF, where prices to own a home are sky-high and rising constantly. Over there,...
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Financing for the Country's Largest Power Plant Closed
The loan package to finance the largest power plant built in Mozambique after independence has been concluded, announced the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank. For such the "IFC signed a debt package of 494 million dollars for Temane Power Plant", reads a statement from the entity quoted by Lusa. O...
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Plastic pollution expected to double by 2030, says UNEP
A recently released study by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, concludes that plastic pollution is expected to double by 2030. The study is released at a time when actions aimed at curbing environmental damage are intensifying around the world. To reduce plastic pollution, the UN agency proposes...