Construction

An entire building sank into the ground in Santa Catarina while residents were sleeping, and now 16 apartments are closed off with a real risk of collapse, and even the neighbors may be forced to leave.

Bruno Teles 19/04/2026 at 21:17

Geopolitics

In Hanover, Lula celebrates the EU-Mercosur agreement that comes into effect on May 1st, but criticizes “false statements” about agriculture and demands less barriers from Europe for Brazilian biofuels.

Carla Teles 19/04/2026 at 21:03

Interesting facts

While an American factory takes months to deliver a thousand trucks, this Chinese giant churns out 20,000 a year, sells directly to governments around the world, and is devouring the Western market mercilessly.

Bruno Teles 19/04/2026 at 20:52

Economy

Almost 70% of Brazilians have debts and 41% have not paid back friends and family after borrowing, according to Datafolha; revolving credit turns into a snowball and financial pressure affects 45%.

Carla Teles 19/04/2026 at 20:36

Agribusiness

The government aims to reach 700 open markets for agriculture by the end of the year and has already opened 594 since 2023, with 29 products released in 9 countries in April.

Carla Teles 19/04/2026 at 20:30

Economy

Lula landed in Germany with state honors, has 10 agreements to sign in areas such as defense, artificial intelligence, and clean energy, and will also open the largest industrial technology fair in the world, where Brazil is the honored country.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/04/2026 at 20:09

Science and Technology

For years, scientists could not explain why oxygen-rich surface waters were releasing methane into the atmosphere, and now, researchers from the University of Rochester have solved the mystery, and the answer is alarming: the warmer the ocean gets, the more methane it produces, and the more the planet heats up.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/04/2026 at 20:07

Science and Technology

Starlink has closed an unprecedented partnership with a Brazilian provider that operates in more than 230 cities, and the launch in May promises to bring satellite internet to regions where fiber optic has never reached.

Bruno Teles 19/04/2026 at 20:05

Science and Technology

Two Brazilian scientists made it to Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, one for creating a bacterium that makes mosquitoes incapable of transmitting dengue, and the other for replacing chemical fertilizers with soil microorganisms.

Noel Budeguer 19/04/2026 at 19:48

Construction

35 countries spent more than 20 billion euros to build the largest nuclear fusion reactor in the world in southern France — the main magnet is so powerful that it could lift an aircraft carrier, and the plasma reaches 150 million degrees.

Douglas Avila 19/04/2026 at 19:07

Science and Technology

Scientists have discovered in space the largest organic molecule ever found among the stars, a structure of 13 atoms that could be the “missing link” between the chemistry of the cosmos and the origin of life on Earth.

Noel Budeguer 19/04/2026 at 19:01

Renewable Energy

In the United States, 99% of all new electric capacity in 2026 will be from solar, wind, and batteries — totaling 86 GW in a single year, the largest jump since 2002, while natural gas accounted for only 7%.

Douglas Avila 19/04/2026 at 18:49