Covid 19 coronavirus: The pandemic is receding in the worst hotspots. Will it last?
23 Feb, 2021 08:47 PM
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A server wipes down a table at a restaurant in Nashville. Photo / William DeShazer, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Allison McCann, Lauren Leatherby and Josh Holder A month ago, the pandemic looked bleak. More than 750,000 coronavirus cases were tallied worldwide in a single day. Infections surged across the entire United States. New variants identified in the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa threatened the rest of the world.
But the last month has brought a surprisingly fast, if partial, turnaround. New cases have declined to half their peak globally, driven largely by steady improvements in some of the same places that weathered devastating outbreaks this winter.
Summary
Petrobras is a Brazil-based integrated energy company controlled by the Brazilian government. The company focuses on exploration and production for oil and gas in Brazilian offshore fields. Production in 2019 was 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent a day (80% oil production), and reserves stood at 9.6 billion boe (85% oil). Petrobras operates 13 refineries in Brazil with capacity of 2.2 million barrels a day and distributes refined products and natural gas throughout Brazil.
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Kiwi truck driver Michael Knowler pleads guilty to crash which killed Jessica West and son Deighton
23 Feb, 2021 06:09 PM
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Jess West and her 5-year-old son Deighton were killed when their car was hit by a truck. Photo / Supplied
Jess West and her 5-year-old son Deighton were killed when their car was hit by a truck. Photo / Supplied
news.com.au
By: Genevieve Allison
An Australian man whose wife and young son were killed in a horror collision near the Victorian town of Ballarat just days after Christmas said his partner s final screams will haunt him for the rest of his life.