After COP27, another intense week, in Qatar and in the metaverse

The Taliban regime's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could be considered gender-based persecution and therefore constitute a crime against humanity, UN experts said on Friday (25). Since returning to power in the country, the Taliban have imposed a very strict interpretation of Islam and progressively introduced stricter rules.

The Earth Charter, published this week by Earth News, analyzes Lula's participation in the 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27). Remember that, in addition to repeating the promeAs he did, including eliminating deforestation in all Brazilian biomes by 2030, the president-elect put an end to the false claim that environmental preservation and economic prosperity cannot coexist, by providing data from his past two terms. He also highlighted Lula's demand on rich countries to fulfill their commitments to help poor nations face the effects of climate change.

All children – everywhere in the world – have the right to a fulfilling childhood, with dignity and respect. Ensuring a childhood free from marginalization and exclusion is crucial for the well-being of young children and for their access to the necessary services so that they can survive and thrive. However, a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) describes how children have suffered from racism and discrimination. Check out.

A star of the Brazilian national team, striker Richarlison gained the spotlight after his performance in his debut wearing the yellow shirt at the World Cup in Qatar. The striker scored the two goals in the victory over Serbia and became one of the most talked about topics on social media, with memes and positions taken up on the internet. Worth seeing again! 😉

The first World Cup in the Middle East should be celebrated, right? The problem is that the country hosting the games treats homosexuality as a criminal practice and, even though it states that everyone will be welcome to participate in the competition, episodes of discrimination have been reported. And we're only on the third day!

Country singer Gustavo Mioto was present on Tata Estaniecki and Boo Unzueta's podcast this week. The conversation led to harsh criticism of another artist. 😬 See what happened in the world of podcasts this week with the weekly selection of Curto News!

Within the metaverse there are a series of possibilities. You can buy and sell items and also use them. The so-called “tokens” are, more or less, virtual objects traded using cryptocurrencies. With the expansion and popularization of web 3.0, things present in the physical world can gain virtual representations and begin to be used in the metaverse. Some practical examples of tokenization are clothing, arts, audio, land and even financial assets. O Curto News explains it to you.

The metaverse, in addition to bringing to discussion common aspects of human life that can be reproduced in the virtual environment, has also provoked curiosity about the economy of this new reality. The term NFT, for example, is something that arouses a lot of curiosity among internet users . Especially when global personalities started investing money in it. But do you know what NFT means?

The metaverse may still sound like something distant, but the reality is that it is already present in our society. And, like anything else, it impacts our planet. So what exactly is the environmental impact of the metaverse?

Since last year, when Mark Zuckerberg announced billion-dollar investments in the metaverse, all eyes on technology have turned to a possible new era of the internet. Since then, in addition to the owner of Meta – controller of Facebook and Instagram – other strong names in the sector have dived headlong into the Web 3.0 bet. But not everyone has yet understood the dimension of this new proposed universe, so if you parachuted here and still wonder what the metaverse is, understand in a practical and quick way how to access the infinite worlds that the internet proposes.