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An estimated 562 million people hold some type of cryptocurrency in 2024, which is equivalent to 6.8% of the global population.

Water shortages or excesses are causing major problems for people. Record-breaking global droughts are becoming "the new norm" forcing world leaders to "radically rethink" how they manage them, the UN warned, publishing a global...

Environmentalists are outraged by the conclusions reached after COP29. The environmental organization Greenpeace criticized the new agreement signed in Baku at the UN Climate Change Conference, saying that negotiators gave in to the interests of...

Weather events generated by climate change continue to cause major damage to the global economy, with a total cost of more than $2 trillion over the past decade, according to a report by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). An estimated...

Good news travels as fast as bad. The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6% in one year, between August 2023 and July 2024, a development presented as a success for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who promised to fight...

Natural resources are the backbone of modern industry, needed to produce everything that surrounds us, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which highlights a Top 10 countries in terms of the estimated value of these resources.

UrbanEye Film Festival, a unique project dedicated to film, architecture and urbanism, takes place between November 6 and 10, at Cinema Elvire Popesco and ARCUB. For five days, those interested in topics in the field of architecture, urbanism,...

Sport is a field that brings people together, offering the opportunity to overcome cultural barriers and unite diverse communities. However, racism remains a major problem, often visible globally in many popular sports, affecting both players and...

Russia has proposed the establishment of a grain exchange between the member states of the BRICS group, which could later be expanded to trade other important raw materials, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday in the inaugural speech at the...

Human activity often has a boomerang effect. A new study has found that large-scale deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is fueling the spread of malaria. Researchers from the United States and Brazil analyzed data from 2003 to 2022 and found...

The BRICS summit that is taking place these days in Kazan, Russia, also has on its agenda the request made by Turkey to acquire the status of a full member of that economic organization, after until now it had observer status. Turkish President...

The BRICS member states must take several critical decisions at the Kazan summit in order to improve cooperation within the group, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said yesterday, on the first day of the BRICS summit he is hosting.

Politicians do not miss any opportunity to show their influence, and sport is no exception. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's recent statements regarding the composition of Brazil's national soccer team illustrate a clear...

The river port of Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon rainforest, has recorded the lowest water level of the Rio Negro in more than 120 years, amid a devastating drought that has affected the entire region. The water level fell to 12.66...

Brazilian digital bank PicPay will start hiring financial companies to carry out an initial public offering (IPO) in New York next year, according to sources cited by Reuters. This will be the second time that PicPay, a bank owned by the J&F...

Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), drew attention to the dangers caused by non-compliance with international humanitarian law and called on states to once again give political priority to its...

The Amazon is suffering from drought at a time when Europe is being wracked by floods. The worst drought ever recorded in Brazil has reduced the water level of rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up the beds of...

Turkey has formally applied to join the BRICS group of emerging nations, seeking to strengthen its global influence and forge new ties beyond its traditional Western allies, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.

Recent research published in The European Physical Journal B offers an interesting explanation for the sharp decline in deaths from Covid-19 in the United States between August 2022 and March 2023. Although vaccines have played a crucial role in...

Oil and products made from this raw material represent, on average, 30% of global merchandise exports, valued at 1.5 trillion dollars annually, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis.

A team of biologists, veterinarians and fishermen in Brazil briefly captured rare freshwater dolphins in the Amazon to study their health, hoping to avoid a repeat of the deaths of hundreds of such mammals last year due to severe drought, reports...

The member states of the European Union have financed the Kremlin regime with almost 200 billion euros, from the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine until now, through the lens of fossil fuels purchased directly or indirectly from the Russian...

Next month, Bucharest will become the world capital of poetry. The National Museum of Romanian Literature (MNLR) is preparing, between September 9-15, a new edition of the Bucharest International Poetry Festival (FIPB). The 14th edition will...

Central banks play a crucial role in maintaining stability and economic growth by implementing stable monetary policies and ensuring financial stability, according to an analysis by indianexpress.com, which presents Top 10 richest global central...

Forests are being cut down at an accelerated rate all over the world, the disease is not exclusively indigenous. The "lung of the world" began to suffer from deforestation. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased in July for the...

In the summer, the fruits of the year's work in the field of education are reaped. Romanian students won one gold medal, three silver, one bronze and two honorable mentions at the International Linguistic Olympiad (IOL) in Brazil, announced...

Officially, the Olympic Games begin today. Otherwise the races started and the first scandals appeared. Today, Paris hosts the opening ceremony, an unprecedented one that will take place outside a stadium. About a hundred heads of state and...

The Russian government is analyzing the possibility of banning diesel exports, due to the increase in prices on the domestic market, informs an article published yesterday in the Kommersant financial daily, which cites several official sources,...

Commodity markets faced selling pressure last week due to uncertainties over the upcoming US presidential election, concerns over the Chinese economy and rising agricultural production in Brazil, according to an analysis by Anadolu news agency....

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will attract, in 2024, the most millionaires, i.e. high-net-worth individuals (HNWI), while China and Great Britain will lose the largest number of such people, according to the latest Henley Private Wealth...

The world is meteorologically in a transitional phase. The probability that the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by low temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, will develop between July and September is 65%, a US government weather agency...

China was the largest extractor of domestic raw materials in the world in 2023, according to data from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), taken by Statista. The Asian country extracted a total of 34.2 billion tons of raw materials,...

The excessive heat of the past year has raised concern. El Nino, the natural weather phenomenon that added to the warming process and made 2023 the warmest year on record, has come to an end, paving the way for the likely return in the coming...

Since 2010, most cross-border payments of China, as well as many other countries, have been settled in US dollars. From the first quarter of 2023, however, the situation has changed.

La 29 mai a.c. Palatul Camerei de Comerţ şi Industrie a Municipiului Bucureşti a găzduit primul Forum de Afaceri Brazilia - România organizat de Ambasada Republicii Federative Brazilia în ţara noastră având ca parteneră Camera de Comerţ şi...

The widening cost of living crisis and rising inflation in recent years have made many households wary of their bank balances, and this sentiment is particularly pronounced in Greece, according to survey data by Consumer Insights Statista.

The need for a real partnership between political decision-makers and civil society, between governments, parliaments and citizens, was the main topic of debate at the 12th edition of the Global Forum of Modern Direct Democracy, an event that...

A survey conducted in 38 countries by Statista Consumer Insights shows that only 21-44% of respondents believe that environmental protection is a major issue for their country, with respondents from Brazil being, for example, the most concerned...

Good intentions in the field of nature protection are only partially materialized to the end. Only a third of the world's marine protected areas (MPAs) are subject to a high or full level of protection to conserve biodiversity and increase...

Forţele israeliene au bombardat zone din Rafah, joi, afirmă locuitorii palestinieni, în timp ce premierul Benjamin Netanyahu a respins ameninţarea preşedintelui SUA, Joe Biden, de a opri livrările de arme către Israel dacă atacă oraşul din sudul...