Author: Morton Obrien

A fruit processing cooperative in Abedetuba and a cosmetics company in Beniwiede are examples of new economies developed in the state. By Igor Nascimento (SEMAS). 03/15/2024 4:22 PM UK Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General for Development Nick Dyer and Deputy Consul Melanie Hopkins visited Bara this Thursday (14), where they learned about State Government-supported efforts to promote living forests. . The delegation was received by the Committee of the State Secretariat for Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS) for companies located in the municipalities of Abedetuba and Belem metropolitan area in the northeast of the state. Nick Dyer visited institutions receiving…

The National Library Foundation (FBN) – an institution attached to the Ministry of Culture – represented by President Marco Lucchesi, was one of the institutions participating in the Brazilian delegation in preparation for the 2025-26 United Kingdom-Brazil Year of Culture. At the invitation of the British Council and the Guimarães Rosa Institute, Marco Lucchesi participated in several meetings with important cultural institutions in the United Kingdom between March 10 and 15 in the cities of London (England) and Edinburgh (Scotland). . Apart from the FBN, public organizations such as the National Art Foundation (Funarte) were also represented by President Maria…

Defense chiefs from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia said they were considering cooperation with Japan on advanced technology projects under the AUKUS defense alliance formed by the three countries. This news was released today, Tuesday (9/4). On Monday (8/4), US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, British Defense Secretary Grant Shabbs and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles issued a joint statement. AUKUS recognizes “Japan's strengths and its close bilateral defense partnership with the three countries,” the document says. According to the report, they are considering working with the Japanese side on advanced capability projects under the defense alliance's “Pillar II”…

US Ambassador to Tokyo Rahm Emanuel has hinted that Japan “may be on the verge of becoming the first additional pillar two partner” in AUKUS, the trilateral partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. This is the first expansion of the defense sharing agreement between the three original partners to include cooperation in areas such as nuclear submarine propulsion and quantum technology. In return, an Australian government source told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that Japan would cooperate on specific defense technology projects under AUKUS, but not necessarily join the partnership as a full member. A spokesman…

There is already a possible date for Prince Harry's (at least temporary) return to the UK. The Duke of Sussex is expected to attend a special service at St Paul's Cathedral on May 8. However, the existence of his wife Meghan Markle and the couple's children hinges on a “major shift” in the authorities' stance on the family's safety. The event aims to celebrate 10 years of the Invictus Games. The games were founded by Harry to provide sports competition for disabled men and women who served in the military. The first edition was held in London in 2014. 2…

Photo: Maciej Ruminkiewicz / Unsplash Missile Advertising Houthi forces in Yemen said they fired rockets and drones at British, American and Israeli ships on Sunday (7). The group is backed by Iran and targeted a British ship and several US warships in the Red Sea. Israeli ships were attacked in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. The United Kingdom and the United States have been conducting retaliatory strikes against the Houthis for the past few months. According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), US forces destroyed a surface-to-air missile system in an area controlled by the armed group in Yemen on…

UK services PMI fell to 53.4 from 53.8 in the same period, a three-month low; British manufacturing PMI rose to 49.9 in March from 47.5 in February The UK's Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which covers the manufacturing and services sectors, fell from 53 to 52.9 between February and March, according to preliminary data released this Thursday.(21) By S&P Global in association with CIPS.The result disappointed the expectations of analysts polled by FactSet, who had forecast a slight increase in the composite PMI to 53.1 this month.The UK services PMI fell to 53.4 from 53.8 in the same period, touching…

Museo Paraense Emilio Goeldi reports the recovery of a literary work entitled “De India utriusque re naturali et medica” by the Dutch physician and naturalist Guilherme Piso, dated 1658. The above publication was recently recovered by the United Federal Police in London. The Kingdom Unitos was stolen from the Rare Works Collection at the Goelti Museum in Belem/PA in 2008. Guilherme Piso, a prominent figure on the scientific scene of Dutch Brazil during the Nassovian period, is recognized for his significant contributions to the study of natural history. The work in question is the second edition of his famous “Historia…

The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom want to open the doors of a defense partnership launched in 2021 to new allies for the wider Indo-Pacific region. oh Financial Times It said on Sunday that the defense ministers of the three countries would begin talks on Monday, hoping to convince Japan to become the first non-institutionalized state to join AUKUS.According to the British Economic JournalCiting sources with knowledge of the process, the plan only expands on AUKUS's so-called “second pillar” of sharing advanced military technology, such as quantum computing, hypersonic weaponry or artificial intelligence. Various armed forces.In other words,…

A team of researchers from Aston University in England has set a new record in internet speed. Using a standard optical fiber, scientists recorded a speed of 301 Tbps – that's 301,000,000 Mb/s. By current standards, 301 Tb is equivalent to downloading about 9,000 high-definition images in one second. At this speed, you can download all the movies listed on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) in a minute. In the experiment, the researchers used a traditional fiber optic system capable of reaching specific bands with different wavelengths. This made internet speeds 4.5 million times faster than the average connection in…