- ELECTIONS: Government wants to include another 804 thousand families in Auxílio Brasil. As a result, the number of benefiting households is expected to rise to more than 21 million in September. (FSP)🚥
- RUSSIA: Ravil Maganov, Russian head of Lukoil, dies under suspicious circumstances. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Lukoil board called for the conflict to end as quickly as possible, expressing its solidarity with the victims of this “tragedy”. (BBC News*)
- ENERGY: Government threatens to charge daily fines to concessionaires who do not reduce electricity bills. The decision, published in the “Official Gazette of the Union”, applies a daily punishment of R$10 to companies that do not adopt a 17% or 18% ICMS percentage. (CNN)
- HEALTH: Scientists discover new method to predict Alzheimer's before symptoms appear. The research, published this Thursday (01), opens ways to accelerate the creation of new treatments and improve patient screening and diagnoses. (Estadão)🚥
- NASA: James Webb Super Telescope releases first image of a planet outside the Solar System. The photos were captured by four filters at the observatory and highlight the characteristics of the exoplanet HIP 65426 b, a giant with about eight times the mass of Jupiter. (G1)
- FAROFA: Comedian and influencer Gkay states that he can open 'Farofa', a party where he celebrates his birthday, to the public. The artist said that she had to refuse sponsorship for the next edition of the event, scheduled for the beginning of December. (Metropolis)
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