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Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro received the Critics Choice Association’s Career Award in Los Angeles on Sunday (dawn this Monday morning in Portugal) during the association’s annual event that distinguishes Latinos in film and television. “They told me to put myself in my place and I told them to fuck …

From Belém to São Bento, passing by the Palácio das Necessidades, the sigh of relief was almost audible – Lula da Silva’s victory in the Brazilian presidential elections last Sunday was received with particular enthusiasm among the Portuguese political leadership. And it wasn’t just for political proximity. Seen from Lisbon, …

The prime minister said this Wednesday that the Government is evaluating the continuity of the golden visa regime for obtaining a residence permit in Portugal, admitting that its maintenance may no longer be justified. António Costa was speaking to journalists at the end of a nearly two-hour visit to the …

A US jihadist, who held the rare position of leader of a female battalion within the Islamic State (IS) group, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison by a court in Alexandria, outside Washington. Allison Fluke-Ekren, a 42-year-old mother, pleaded guilty in June to “material support of a …

“Where is Bolsonaro?”, Brazil asked itself, on the streets and on social media hashtags, throughout the day, as the hours passed and there was no comment from Jair Bolsonaro to the elections of the day before, won by Lula da Silva with 50.9% of the votes against 49.1% of the …

When Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, after the death of Mao Zedong, he outlined a new national strategy that emphasized gradualism, ideological flexibility, and discretion. Deng summed up his doctrine with the saying, “Hide your strength and bid your time.” In the decades that followed, this approach underpinned …

Russian mercenaries in Ukraine have been building a defense line for several days to try to stop Kiev’s counteroffensive in some regions. This is the case in Hirske, in eastern Ukraine, where Russian fighters are preparing a defensive line of about 24 kilometers. Consisting of concrete blocks or deep trenches, …

The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, said this Tuesday that Russia does not see “any sense” in maintaining the current diplomatic presence in the West, announcing that Moscow will start to focus on Asia and Africa. “There is no sense or desire, of course, to maintain the same presence …

The first year of the pandemic affected all European countries, but it had a more negative impact on Portugal. Pordata’s data for the International Day of Poverty, marked this Monday, reveals that the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased by 12.5% ​​in 2020 compared to …

The authorities of China and Egypt on Sunday urged the citizens of these countries to leave Ukraine immediately due to the danger posed by the war in the country. Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Kiev urged Chinese citizens in Ukraine to “improve security and …