Unique wildlife species face mass extinction if climate change is not tackled, say researchers msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brazil is facing a biological Fukushima and is seeing lethal new Covid variants every week that could threaten to destabilise the world, one of the country s leading health experts has warned.
The country s P1 variant - believed to be 150 times more contagious than the original Covid-19 virus - is of the most concern. It can reinfect those who had the first strain, and has killed thousands of people in their 30s, 40s and 50s.
The variant has infected hundreds in Canada, including players in professional ice hockey team the Vancouver Canucks, and has been recorded in 27 people in the UK. Its lethality and speed of transmission has prompted a top doctor to warn Australia against complacency.
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MassArt Art Museum offers unique program for schools teaching Portuguese
BOSTON – When the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) closed a year ago due to the pandemic, the staff put on their thinking caps to find practical solutions and ended up redesigning its 25-year-old “Looking to Learn” program that traditionally served Boston-area schools into a virtual model, which is not only more far-reaching but also being offered for the first time in Portuguese.
MAAM Curatorial Fellow Michaela Blanc, a native of Brazil who is pursuing a graduate degree in Museum Education at Tufts University, has adapted the program to serve schools that teach Portuguese language and culture.
In Brazil, Millions Fall Back Into Poverty as Pandemic Aid Ends
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Tatiana Araujo de Sirqueira, 33, says she stopped receiving coronavirus emergency aid. She stands near her home on squatted land near Planalto Palace in Brasilia, March 3, 2021. (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
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In Brazil, a single mother of six children and the country’s leader are almost neighbors. But Tatiana Araujo de Sirqueira and President Jair Bolsonaro seem to occupy different universes.
She lives beside a
landfill along with 36 other families. Their shelters are less than a kilometer and a half away from the president’s home in the capital, Brasilia. Sirqueira makes money by selling trash, or waste materials, for reprocessing.