Principais jornais do país destacaram também a dimensão dos protestos em várias cidades brasileiras, a reunião de emergência da presidente Dilma Rousseff, "ação brutal" da polícia e violência nas manifestações.
Fifa estaria pressionando o governo brasileiro por garantias de segurança a atletas e delegações, noticia a imprensa brasileira. Oficialmente, a entidade e a Presidência da República negam qualquer ameaça à competição.Mais
Um grupo de manifestantes, na cidade de Recife, durante os protestos de ontem em mais de 80 cidades brasileiras. O país assiste à maior mobilização social das últimas duas décadas apesar das concessões do governo sobre o contestado aumento das tarifas dos transportes públicos…
A justiça turca acusou formalmente 18 pessoas de pertencerem a uma organização terrorista e de destruição de bens públicos. A decisão que visa os militantes de um partido de…
Um homem foi morto a tiro, esta sexta-feira, junto ao Muro das Lamentações, em Jerusalém, por um guarda israelita. De acordo com a polícia, a vítima era um judeu que terá sido…
Tudo já foi dito. Tudo que era possível entender para se poder dizer, até agora, já foi dito. Com menor ou maior verve e estilo, conforme o autor. E, no [...]
É uma visão de mundo preocupante. Fruto do pensamento pós-modernista de viés marxista, postula que não existe uma verdade objetiva, depreendida do estudo de fatos através das ferramentas da ciência....
A gerente de uma pequena farmácia do bairro de Pinheiros, em São Paulo, me conta, animada, que fechara a loja na última terça, às 21 horas, e fora direto para [...]
Com o anúncio do leilão do campo de petróleo de Libra, localizado na Bacia de Santos, o primeiro do pré-sal, começaram as especulações em relação aos parâmetros que determinarão o [...]
Por que o Brasil e agora? JUAN ARIAS/EL PAÍS Está gerando perplexidade, dentro e fora do País, a crise repentina que eclodiu no Brasil com o surgimento de manifestações de [...]
Por Vitor Wilher Na terça-feira última, 11/06, proferi uma palestra na Universidade Veiga de Almeida sobre o tema “Capitalismo de Estado vs. Economia de Mercado”. A turma era de alunos [...]
No videocast abaixo, Roberto Civita fala ao Instituto Millenium sobre imprensa, Estado de Direito e democracia. Defensor e entusiasta da liberdade de expressão, o presidente do Grupo Abril destacou a...
Representante do MPL lamentou convocação feita pelo PT para o ato, e condenou hostilidade contra partidos durante a manifestação desta quinta-feira, em São Paulo…
Protestos aconteceram em mais de 100 cidades. Em Brasília, vândalos tentaram invadir o Itamaraty. Confrontos violentos no Rio, em Belém, em Porto Alegre e em Salvador. Clima também ficou tenso em SP: multidão recebeu grupo do PT com vaias, queimou bandeira do partido e houve briga. Manifestante foi atropelado e morreu em Ribeirão Preto. Dezenas de feridos na capital federal e no Rio
In April 2013 Qatar’s trade balance of goods showed a surplus of QAR 35.2 billion, i.e. an increase of QAR 0.8 billion, (2.2 per cent) compared to the same period of 2012, accordint to the QSA.
Saudi Arabia's years of economic growth have been good to Abu Ahmad, an Egyptian ceramics worker in the city of Medina, who since 1997 has run his own business installing tiles and marble floors in new villas.
Egypt's current account deficit narrowed in July-March, supported by stronger tourism revenues and a shrinking trade deficit, data showed on Wednesday.
Executive members of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development have completed the first phase of a challenging Leadership Development Programme.
The DMA organized in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects intensive course work focused on ways to avoid fires and to take preventive measures to prevent their occurrence and eliminate the causes.
Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national airline and one of the world’s fastest-growing full-service carriers, and global IT and communications provider, SITA, today announced a 10-year strategic partnership.
First Gulf Bank one of the major leading banks in the UAE, has been awarded the ‘Best Bank in the United Arab Emirates’ and ‘Best Bascassurance’ titles at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards 2013.
In April 2013 Qatar’s trade balance of goods showed a surplus of QAR 35.2 billion, i.e. an increase of QAR 0.8 billion, (2.2 per cent) compared to the same period of 2012, accordint to the QSA.
State-owned Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (Adma-Opco) has awarded a 2.8 billion dirhams ($766 million) contract to a local firm to develop an offshore field as its expands production of crude oil.
Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa announced that it has been awarded 2012 Expedia’s Best Room Night Share award along with Orient Guest House, for offering travelers the true experience of Arabian hospitality.
Eurozone finance ministers on Thursday agreed on broad guidelines on how to use the bloc’s permanent bailout fund to rescue banks from failure, delivering on a long-promised goal to stabilize its financial system. Enabling the €500 billion ($670 billion) rescue fund to shore up struggling banks directly is a pillar ...
Sony Corp. needs more time to study a proposal from a U.S. hedge fund that wants the struggling electronics giant ...
Swiss lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a deal from Washington to halt ruinous U.S. legal action, provided that Swiss banks that have helped stash cash also expose American tax dodgers and pay hefty fines. The Alpine country’s lower house shot down the controversial Lex USA ...
Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear disasters. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. These remote-controlled planes have many more potential peacetime ...
Sophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the tax man, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay off a tax debt. Some of Italy’s most well-heeled residents have come under the ...
The number of individual shareholders trading at five major stock exchanges in Japan hit a record high in fiscal 2012, rising 0.1 percent to 45.97 million, the bourse operators said Thursday. The figure broke the previous record of 45.92 million set in fiscal 2010, ...
According to the survey, a net 21 percent of asset allocators are worried about the possible failure of “Abenomics,” while a net 31 percent expect the Chinese economy to slow down. “Everything that we are seeing for the survey is that positions have lowered ...
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda occasionally takes the driver’s seat in car races to understand firsthand the quality of his company’s cars and how to produce better ones. In May, the 57-year-old took part in the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race in western Germany, ...
Stocks fell sharply Thursday, weighed down by selling after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a possible road map to end the Fed’s quantitative monetary policy. The Nikkei 225 closed down 230.64 points, or 1.74 percent, at 13,014.58. On Wednesday, the key market ...
Microsoft handed gamers a victory Wednesday by backing off plans to make its next-generation Xbox One console require Net connections and to put curbs on using secondhand game disks. Microsoft interactive entertainment business President Don Mattrick announced in a blog post that the U.S. ...
City banks logged net selling of government and corporate bonds for the second straight month in May, the Japan Securities Dealers Association said Thursday. The banks posted net sales of ¥1.01 trillion for the month, down from net sales of ¥2.8 trillion in April, ...
The dollar soared above ¥98 in Tokyo trading Thursday on a clearer timetable offered by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for scaling back the Fed’s quantitative monetary easing. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥98.10-10, up from ¥95.00-08 at the same ...
Honda Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled a hybrid sedan at a 20 percent higher price than Toyota Motor Corp.’s gasoline-electric Camry, betting drivers will pay extra for fuel economy. The hybrid Accord goes on sale Friday in Japan with the sticker price starting at ...
Yahoo Japan Corp. expects economic growth and a consumer shift to mobile services to spur revenue gains as it targets advertising growth of at least 10 percent. “We expect to continue the growth pace a while,” Chief Financial Officer Toshiki Ohya said Tuesday in ...
People queue to buy masks at a supermarket in Singapore, June 21, 2013. Singapore's air pollution index soared to a record high on Friday, caused by the transboundary haze resulting from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia.
Negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan signed a service trade agreement on Friday that is expected to further strengthen economic ties across the Taiwan Strait.
