Brazil oil states ratchet up protests, threats over royalty cuts
Brazilian oil-producing states retaliated on Friday against multibillion-dollar cuts made by Congress to their oil royalties with a wave of protests and threats to cut off most of the country's oil output. The actions threaten to poison relationships between Brazil's states, saddle oil companies …
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Brazilian woman wheels in dead uncle into bank to take out loan in his name while holding his head upright
Horror footage shows a woman wheeling her dead uncle into a bank in an attempt to take out a loan in his name.The scene unfolded at a bank in Rio de …
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Brazil and Barcelona legend re-registers as a player aged 58 to fulfil family dream
Brazil and Barcelona great Romario has confirmed that he has re-registered as a player at the age of 58 to fulfil a dream of playing alongside his …
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Woman Arrested After Taking a Corpse to a Bank to Co-Sign a Loan
In a scene straight out of “Weekend at Bernie’s,” a video shows the woman saying to the deceased: “Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign.” A …
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Anitta Will Honor Her Brazilian Roots On Her New Album ‘Funk Generation,’ Which Comes Out Soon
Earlier this month, Anitta announced her tour, billed as Baile Funk Experience, including her first-ever North American leg. The tour is due to begin in Mexico City, Mexico on May 18, which is soon. Anitta’s new album is arriving even sooner. On Wednesday, April 17, Anitta, Spotify Brasil, and …
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Google announces its second major round of layoffs this year - SiliconANGLE
Google LLC is said today it’s letting go a significant number of workers in what will be its second round of layoffs this year. The layoffs will …
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Chilean report into LATAM Airlines flight plunge finds ‘involuntary movement forward’ from pilot’s seat
CNN — A preliminary report from Chile’s aviation authority on the LATAM Airlines plane that plunged mid-air on March 11 says that the captain’s seat experienced an “involuntary movement forward” midflight. LATAM Flight 800 was flying from Australia to New Zealand when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner …