Students who mocked an older classmate leave college
According to the university, after the disciplinary process was initiated, the students “requested to withdraw from the course”. They were criticized on social media after posting a video mocking their 44-year-old classmate, which went viral. In the recording, they say that their colleague should be “retired” and that she “doesn’t know what the Google". (Metropolis)
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Banks suspend INSS payroll after government reduces interest rates
The banks decided to suspend payroll loans for INSS beneficiaries, after the federal government reduced interest rates on the credit modality, from 2,14% to 1,7% per month. According to the Brazilian Federation of Banks (Febraban), the two INSS credit lines (loan and card) reached around 14,5 million people, with an average ticket of R$1.576 and a balance of R$215 billion in loans. (InfoMoney)
Macron raises retirement age without Parliament approval
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, authorized this Thursday (16) the use of article 49.3 of the French Constitution to approve the controversial pension reform in the country. The measure allows the government to approve the project without a prior vote in the National Assembly, which would be like the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.
The French government wants to see the measure implemented as early as September 2023. The project – which provoked a series of demonstrations and a strike across various sectors in France – gradually increases the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030. (Power360)
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Lula takes mega delegation to China with 200 businessmen and 34 politicians
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is preparing a mega delegation for a visit to China at the end of March. The list has around 200 businesspeople, from 140 sectors of the economy, the entire leadership of the National Congress and at least five state ministers. China has been Brazil's main trading partner since 2009. (Estadão) (I.e.
Video shows Russian fighter jets intercepting US drone in the Black Sea
The European Command of the United States Armed Forces released a video showing the interception of an American drone by two Russian fighter jets in the Black Sea. The unmanned aircraft crashed after the collision, increasing tension between Russians and Americans amid the Ukrainian War.
The video captured by the MQ-9 Reaper drone, edited, shows two passes in which Russian Su-27 jets armed with air-to-air missiles pass very close to the device dumping what the Pentagon said was fuel. (FSP) (I.e.
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