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Coffee and fermentation: Scientists harness unripe cherries to reduce...
Food Ingredients First
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Researchers at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) in Brazil have unveiled an innovative fermentation method that transforms unripe Arara coffee cherries into high-quality specialty coffee. This process could significantly impact coffee...
Lula’s Brazil Sees Trump’s Tariffs and Sanctions as Push for Regime Change
The Rio Times
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August 18, 2025
(Analysis) The Brazilian government views the recent wave of U.S. tariffs and sanctions as part of a broader strategy by President Donald Trump to push for a regime change in Brazil. Officials in Brasília see these actions—chiefly a 50% tariff on...
Brazil’s Gender Quotas Undermined by Rampant Election Fraud
Global Press Journal
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August 17, 2025
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Systemic fraud is undermining gender quotas designed to boost the number of women in Brazilian politics. Political parties who support men also put forward “ghost candidates” – women who appear on the ballot but never campaign,...
Chinese Surveillance Tech Raises Data Security Concerns in Brazil
Dialogo Americas
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August 18, 2025
Surveillance cameras and facial recognition equipment from China are raising concerns about data security in Brazil. Across Latin America, the increasing presence of Chinese surveillance technology is sparking a debate about national security,...
Opinion | India’s Strategic Push For Rare Earth Minerals: Securing Economic And Technological Future
News18
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August 18, 2025
Last Updated:August 18, 2025, 14:50 IST The Modi government has positioned rare earth and critical minerals as strategic priorities, aligning domestic exploration with global partnerships to secure India’s future Rare earth elements are the...
Bajaj Auto starts Brazil journey on a high, gears up for long slog
ETAuto
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August 18, 2025
Bajaj Dominar 400 Brazil has started off on a good note for Bajaj Auto but Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director, would rather adopt a wait-and-watch attitude. “Now I realise (how) all these movie producers feel like. They make a good movie but till...
BinSentry secures $50M to expand feed supply chain tech
The Pig Site
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August 18, 2025
$50M funding fuels BinSentry’s global agtech expansion BinSentry has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Lead Edge Capital to accelerate its global expansion, according to a company-issued press release. The Canadian agtech firm develops...
COVID-19 linked to faster vascular ageing, research shows
Orissa Post
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August 18, 2025
New Delhi: A new study has found that COVID-19 infection may accelerate vascular ageing, potentially making blood vessels appear about five years older, with the effect more pronounced among women. The effect was found to be stronger among women...
Corero Network Security Expands Brazil Presence with DDoS Protection Solutions
The Fast Mode
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August 17, 2025
Corero Network Security, a recognized leader in DDoS protection and champion of adaptive, real-time service availability, announced an exclusive channel-reseller agreement appointing Forte Technology of America as the sole authorized reseller of...
Humanoid robot games in China spotlight global tech innovation
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 08:21, August 18, 2025 BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, the first of its kind globally, which wrapped up on Sunday in Beijing, the much-anticipated robot five-a-side soccer saw Tsinghua Hephaestus from...
Harvard researcher says he was attacked by group of teens at Boston movie theater
NECN - Massachusetts
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A Boston man is furious after he claims he was assaulted by a group of teenagers at a movie theater in the city this past week. Thiago Rentz, a 35-year-old Harvard researcher from Brazil, says he asked the group to be quiet during the horror film...
Ethanol fuel plan cuts imports, worries motorists. What does science say?
The Hindu
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August 18, 2025
In 2021, the Government of India had said it will move to 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2025 with the two-pronged goal of cutting carbon emissions and reducing the country’s dependence on foreign oil. While vehicles modified to be compatible...
China’s Great Wall opens Brazil car plant, seeks site for second
The Business Times Singapore
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[SAO PAULO] Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) may have just opened its first factory in Brazil, but is already scoping out sites for a second plant as it ramps up its ambitions in South America’s largest economy. The Iracemapolis, Sao Paulo...
Brazil’s bioeconomy – hope or hype?
The Ecologist
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August 17, 2025
Strategic investment initiatives like the Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform (BIP) are also central to this growth. Safeguards The bioeconomy also encompasses biotechnology, strategic minerals, the restoration and...
Morocco Nears $600 Million Military Aircraft Deal with Brazil’s Embraer
Morocco World News
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August 17, 2025
Rabat — Morocco is close to finalizing a major military aircraft deal with Brazilian aerospace company Embraer to acquire KC-390 Millennium military transport planes. The deal comes closer to finalization even as American defense giant Lockheed...
Brazilian scientists identify new species of prehistoric fish
Agencia Brasil
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August 17, 2025
Researchers from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), in partnership with the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), have discovered the fossil of a new species of prehistoric fish on the Antarctic Peninsula....
Ali: US, Brazil tension could derail COP30
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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President Dr Irfaan Ali has cautioned that the tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could undermine the success of the upcoming UN climate summit, COP30, in Brazil....
Xinhua Headlines: Humanoid robot games in China spotlight global tech innovation
China Internet Information Center
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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, the first of its kind globally, which wrapped up on Sunday in Beijing, the much-anticipated robot five-a-side soccer saw Tsinghua Hephaestus from China emerge victorious,...
24-YO Kerala Engineer Turns Portulaca Gardening Hobby Into Rs 1 Lakh/Month Flower Business
The Better India
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August 17, 2025
The reporting and interviews for this story were conducted in August 2024. After an exhausting week at her workplace in Kochi, Parvathy Mohanan comes back to her quaint hometown in the scenic locale of Muhamma gram panchayat in Kerala’s Alappuzha...
Brazil's Realignment: From Economic Stagnation To Strategic Relevance
Seeking Alpha
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August 16, 2025
Brazil has transitioned from a decade of stagnation to a phase of macroeconomic stabilisation, supported by fiscal reform, credible monetary policy and improving credit conditions. Domestic demand, a diversified industrial base and balanced...