1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (980+ words) —The announcement. Chile expanded its “4 a 7” after-school childcare scheme on July 14, adding 1,200 women, 60 schools and 51 communes. —The reach. The programme now covers 220 communes and reaches every regional capital for the first time. —The problem. Female unemployment is 10.5%, against 8.0% for men,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (986+ words) A daily Africa read from a Latin American newsroom. Free. —The film: Anam’s Wake is a Kenyan psychological thriller about a professional mourner whose first solo ritual spirals into a chilling ordeal. —The director: Likarion Wainaina, who made the 2018 festival…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1248+ words) —No quarantine for dogs and cats entering Brazil from most countries, provided paperwork is complete and correct. —Health certificate issued by an accredited vet, endorsed by your country’s agriculture authority, valid for 10 days from issue. —Microchip required — ISO 11784 or 11785 standard....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (457+ words) —The core requirement: Pets need documentation, identification and health compliance before they can enter Brazil legally. —The timing issue: Vaccines, certificates and airline approvals must be handled before travel day, not at the airport. —The housing issue: Apartment buildings and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (332+ words) The global birth map is increasingly dominated by two continents. Asia is expected to see 64.9 million births in 2026 (49% of the total), driven by India, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Africa will add 47.6 million (35.9%), with sub-Saharan nations like Nigeria recording birth rates above…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (309+ words) Brazil has just recorded its steepest fall in births in more than three decades. New data from the statistics agency IBGE show about 2.44 million births in 2024, roughly 146,000 fewer than a year earlier, a 5.8% drop. It is a bigger fall than…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (360+ words) OpenAI is introducing parental controls for ChatGPT on the web and mobile, a move that follows a lawsuit by the parents of a California teenager who died by suicide after allegedly receiving harmful guidance from the chatbot. The company says…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (296+ words) The White House on September 22, 2025, urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol unless a doctor deems it essential, citing research that links prenatal acetaminophen to autism and ADHD. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented findings from multiple studies showing that mothers…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (306+ words) Brazil’s latest official security report reveals a striking and troubling reality: while the total number of people killed by violence in the country dropped by 5% in 2024, the number of women murdered simply because they are women kept rising. Official data…...