2023-09-30 05:58:00
In a farewell speech, the president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Rosa Weber, stated that the Court is the pillar of democracy in the country. During the session, Weber cried and received a standing ovation from the other ministers. The judge turns 75 in October, the deadline for retirement. Minister Luís Roberto Barroso took office as president of the STF on Thursday (28) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), aged 77, underwent hip arthroplasty this Friday (29). The surgery occurred due to osteoarthritis, which caused continuous pain in his right hip. Orthopedist Ricardo Skroch, member of SBOT (Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology) and SBQ (Brazilian Hip Society), explains that hip arthroplasty is performed through a surgical access that allows the joint to be reached from the bone and disengaged it, making it possible to remove the head of the femur and unhealthy parts of the joint. The unemployment rate in Brazil maintained its recent downward trend and fell to 7.8% in the quarter ended in August, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistic). The variation places the index at the lowest general level since February 2015 (7.5%), but is still equivalent to 8.4 million people looking for a job in the Brazilian job market. The preview of official price inflation gained strength and rose 0.35% in September, reveals the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). The acceleration, driven by jumps in the prices of gasoline (+5.18%) and diesel (+17.93%), causes the IPCA-15 (Broad National Consumer Price Index-15) to accumulate an increase of 5% in last 12 months. Food, in turn, is cheaper for the fourth month in a row. The BC (Central Bank) revised its growth bet for the Brazilian economy this year from 2% to 2.9%. In the RTI (Quarterly Inflation Report), the monetary authority maintains the expectation of a price rise this year at 5%, but increases the probability of the index breaching the government’s target ceiling for the third year in a row from 61% to 67%. The average interest charged to consumers on their revolving credit cards increased by 4.4 percentage points in August, from 441.3% to 445.7% per year. Another villain for Brazilians, the special check remained at an average interest rate of 132% per year for the second consecutive month, according to a release from the BC (Central Bank). The Copom (Monetary Policy Committee) released the minutes with the motivations that resulted in the reduction of the basic interest rate to 12.75% per year, the lowest level in 16 months. According to the document signed by BC directors, there is a low probability of reductions above 0.5 percentage points in the Selic rate in the coming months. There is also evidence of a redoubled look at Brazil’s fiscal situation and the world’s macroeconomic scenario. At least one hundred people died, and another 150 were injured, in a fire during a wedding party in a ballroom in a small town in northern Iraq , health authorities reported on Wednesday (27)Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after spending three decades on the run, died in a hospital in central Italy on Monday (25).Messina Denaro , aged 61, was receiving treatment for colon cancer in the maximum security penitentiary in this Italian location, but as his health condition worsened, the criminal was transferred to a hospital last month. English nurse Lucy Letby, aged 33, sentenced in August to life in prison for killing seven newborn babies, will be tried again for another attempted murder, the British court reported on Monday (25). She was found guilty in mid-August by a Manchester court of murdering seven premature babies in the hospital where he worked between 2015 and 2016, the worst case in the modern history of the United Kingdom. The Russian Ministry of Defense released, on Tuesday (26), images of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet during a meeting. The intention was to deny Ukraine’s claim that Admiral Viktor Sokolov died last week in a bombing raid in Crimea. In the images, Admiral Sokolov appears in a military uniform during a videoconference meeting chaired by Defense Minister Serguei ShoiguThe Prison Council of Chester County, which manages the prison from which Brazilian Danilo Cavalcante escaped at the end of August, approved an investment of up to US$3.5 million (R$17 million) to reinforce security at the site. The criminal, who scaled the walls of the prison unit and escaped through the roof, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend with 38 stab wounds, in front of her two children, in 2021. Dutch police reported that a shooter opened fire in a room classes at a university hospital campus in Rotterdam and at a nearby house on Thursday (28). A 32-year-old suspect was arrested after police said on social media that shots were fired at the Rotterdam Medical Center and at a residence. They also said that fires had broken out in both locations. North Korea has decided to expel American soldier Travis King, who allegedly confessed to having illegally invaded the country, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday (27)Commander, the German shepherd from President of the United States, Joe Biden, bit a Secret Service agent, the agency’s spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, told reporters on Tuesday (26). The agent was treated by the medical team and is well. Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) approved, this Monday (25), a new medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sold under the trade name Mounjaro by the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, tirzepatide is a medicine indicated as an adjuvant to diet and physical exercise for better glycemic control among adult patients, being a direct competitor to Ozempic (semaglutide) The Municipal Health Department of São Paulo issued an epidemiological alert this week due to to a high level of hepatitis A cases in the city. According to the bulletin from Cievs (Center for Strategic Information in Health Surveillance), as of September 15, 204 infections had been confirmed, a higher number than in the whole of last year and the third highest since 2007. A 41-year-old woman was killed in stabbings in the Vila Nova Cachoeirinha Housing Complex, in the north of São Paulo, in the early hours of Monday (25). Mário Júnior, husband of the victim, identified as Juliana, is the main suspect in the crime. After the murder, he allegedly set fire to the house and fled. A girl, identified as Edgary Janeth Camacho Blanco, aged 7, who disappeared in an occupation in the city of Itaquaquecetuba, in Greater São Paulo, was found dead on Sunday night (24) . According to the police, the child showed injuries and signs of sexual violence A São Paulo fan died after a confrontation with the Military Police cavalry after the team’s victory against Flamengo, last Sunday (24), near the Morumbi stadium , in the south zone of the capital of São Paulo. According to a note from the Military Police sent to Balanço Geral Tarde, Rafael Garcia, 32 years old, was reportedly trampled by an animal during the confusion. The first week of spring is expected to see heavy rains, storms and even hail in Rio Grande do Sul and in Santa Catarina. There is also a forecast of the arrival of a cold front in São Paulo, according to Inmet (National Institute of Meteorology). The heat wave remains in most of the countryThe 15 medical students who were expelled from Unisa (Santo Amaro University) returned to classes on Wednesday (27), following a court decision. Last week, videos of the group participating in “collective masturbation” during a university tournament in São Carlos, in the interior of São Paulo, went viral on social media. Judge Denise Aparecida Avelar, from the 6th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo, accepted the request of one of the 15 students and determined, on a preliminary basis, on Monday, his return to academic activities, with the replacement of classes and other activities not carried outThe boy’s brother Caio França de Âlcantara, aged 7, confessed that he killed the child, dismembered his body and hid the pieces. The boy had been missing since Tuesday morning (26) and was found dead under the bed of Guilherme, 19, inside his own house, in Jardim Ângela, in the south zone of São Paulo
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