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The ‘moral foreign language effect’ makes you more rational, and less emotional.
Numa coletiva de imprensa em Caracas, o presidente Nicolás Maduro tenta mostrar que o combate ao narcotráfico, razão alegada pelos EUA para mobilizar navios, tropas e aviões no Caribe Venezuelano, não se sustenta, visto que 87% do fluxo de drogas da América do Sul para os EUA ocorre pelo Oceano Pacífico.
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Segundo relatos, militares venezuelanos consideram bastante provável uma operação limitada dos EUA para invadir a Venezuela, sob o pretexto de combater o narcotráfico mas de olho no petróleo e na queda de Nicolás Maduro
US president Bill Clinton with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on 13 September 1993.
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Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
Reports suggest long-tailed goral skins are being sold illegally to buyers in China.
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Iran’s accelerating biodiversity crisis is a warning sign, but it does not exist in isolation.
Desde que assumiu o cargo no início do ano, RFK Jr tem tido atitudes e tomado decisões que minam a confiança do público e dificultam o acesso e desenvolvimento de vacinas.
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Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.
Too many politicians are collecting $200 without passing Go.
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From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.
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Politicians who have tried to use social media in recent campaigns have not always been successful. Here’s why.
NEW YORK CITY, USA - March 7, 2025: Stand up for Science rally against DOGE cuts to scientific research in Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
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