The World Health Organization, WHO, announced Wednesday that new cases of Covid-19 infection have dropped worldwide. Globally, the decline was 9%. The number of deaths stayed at the same level. The Pan American Health Organization, recorded a 12% drop in new cases. The region had 1.2 million newly infected and 24,000 Covid-19-related deaths. PAHO director-general Clarisse...
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Russians successfully take off to shoot a movie... in space
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft has successfully lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome towards the International Space Station to shoot the first film in space. The crew consists of the film crew of the Vyzor project: director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said,...
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Nissan announces the opening of 2nd production shift
The Japanese automaker Nissan has announced that it will open the second production shift at its plant in southern Rio de Janeiro. According to company information, the selection and hiring of the new workers begins this month. There are about 578 employees who will be hired. The company advances that the new shift comes to meet the demand...
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Moderna will invest $500M to build factory in Africa
Moderna today announced an investment of about $500 million to build a state-of-the-art messenger RNA (mRNA) manufacturing plant on the African continent. With this, the goal is to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually, including covid-19 and other injections. Moderna's CEO said that if...
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WTO reveals improvements in tourism as vaccination advances
The World Tourism Organization, WTO, has published a study that reveals improvements in the sector after the crisis generated by the pandemic. According to United Nations data some 54 million tourists crossed borders in July 2021 Although the figure represents a drop of 67% compared to the same month in 2019, the study highlights that this is one of the most...
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Government announces Cabo Delgado's reconstruction program
The Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, announced this Wednesday, in the city of Pemba, the need for 300 million dollars for the reconstruction of the districts that were the target of terrorist actions in the province of Cabo Delgado
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Autoridade Tributária launches mobile collection stations
The Tax Authority (AT) proceeded this Wednesday to the launch and public presentation of the Mobile Collection Posts. The act took place at Praça dos Combatentes, commonly known as Xikhelene, on the outskirts of Maputo city. These are two vehicles dedicated to the allocation of NUITs, registration of start of activities and tax collection.
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IMF warns that "considerable uncertainty remains" over inflation
The International Monetary Fund warned that "considerable uncertainty remains" about inflation, given the unknown nature of economic recovery in the face of the covid-19 pandemic
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Government eases guarantees for Mozambican construction companies' access to tenders
The government announced Wednesday the replacement of bank guarantees with notarized declarations to ease access of Mozambican construction companies to public tenders
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Covid-19: Government closes beaches due to disobedience
The government announced this Wednesday the closure of some beaches in the country, due to the "levels of disobedience" of users to the measures to contain covid-19