Новости за 19.03.2024

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a Republican-backed Texas law allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden's administration.

BEIRUT, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Tuesday with visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Beirut on bilateral ties and the latest developments in the Middle East.

On Tuesday (Mar. 19), the Federal Police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for involvement in fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards. In January, the Office of the Comptroller-General (CGU) concluded that the record of immunization against the disease on Bolsonaro's vaccination card was false. The investigation stemmed from a request made under the Access to Information Act (LAI) at the end of 2022.

The high temperatures recorded across most of Brazil in recent months have led the National Electricity System Operator (ONS) to register a new record in the maximum load demand in the country's system.

Brazilian tourism grew by 7.8 percent and saw revenues adding up to some BRL 189.4 billion last year, according to the Federation of Trade in Goods, Services, and Tourism of Sao Paulo State (FecomercioSP). The figure is said to consolidate the recovery of the sector, one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved the licensing and activation of 5G technology stations in an additional 395 municipalities as of Monday, March 18. This brings the total number of municipalities with 5G coverage to 3,678, covering approximately 181.3 million Brazilians, or roughly 85 percent of the population.

QUITO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Ecuador forward Enner Valencia will miss his team's friendlies against Guatemala and Italy in the United States due to a foot problem, the South American nation's football federation said on Monday.

Former Federal Supreme Court minister Rosa Weber has accepted President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's nomination to serve as an arbitrator on the Permanent Court of Review of Mercosur, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

SEOUL, March 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's automotive export marked the first fall in 20 months in February due to less business days, government data showed Tuesday.

SAO PAULO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has registered a record 1,889,206 suspected cases of dengue so far this year with 561 deaths, the health ministry said Monday.

SAO PAULO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Three teenagers were killed and another missing due to a waterspout while they were cooling off in a waterfall in Paranavai city in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, the local fire department said Monday.