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COVID, China, climate: Online Davos event tackles big themes
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and other heavyweights to go virtual for the second year in a row, but organizers still hope to catapult the world into…
Space telescope ’s ‘golden eye’ opens, last major hurdle
NASA’s new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror Saturday, the final step in the observatory’s dramatic unfurling.
The last portion of the 21-foot (6.5-meter) mirror swung into place at flight…
Biden’s economic challenge: Finding workers and goods
President Joe Biden enters the midterm election year of 2022 determined to address what economists call a “supply” problem — there aren’t enough jobseekers or goods to meet the country’s needs of workers.
This is also a political…
The successful lessons of business executive José Maurício Caldeira
With an international career at Asperbras, he is connected to the company's operations on three continentes
Business executive José Maurício Caldeira is a Brazilian financial director at Asperbras. But he followed an international career…
Brazilian startup launches game to play on the blockchain
Reward Hunters Token launches in the United States the first Brazilian game integrated to the Blockchain market focused on player Vs player battles: Battle of Sotiras. “We gathered what is most competitive in Battle Royale and linked it to…
Entrepreneur from São José do Rio Preto, José Maurício Caldeira, builds an international career
José Maurício Caldeira's successful trajectory coincides with that of Asperbras...
Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges
Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges. The United Nations’ stockpiles of food in Afghanistan could run out this month, a senior official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the…
Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others
In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about…
Schools confront more polarization with mask rules for fall
Students in Wichita, Kansas, public schools can ditch the masks when classes begin. Detroit public schools will probably require them unless everyone in a room is vaccinated. In Pittsburgh, masks will likely be required regardless of…