EAD grows almost 500% in Higher Education; 11 highways remain closed; fired Twitter employees go to court and +

Our selection of the main headlines of the moment. Game curto is fast!

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João Caminoto

November 4, 2022 19:10 PM

ROADS: Federal Highway Police say that 11 highways are still blocked by coup protesters. (My News Channel)
EAD: Distance learning grows 474% in Higher Education since 2012. According to information from Inep, in 2011 there were 431.597 students who chose distance learning courses. Last year, that number jumped to more than 2. (band)
LOAN: Box suspends consigned from Auxílio Brasil for two weeks (Power360º). This time the interruption in loan offerings was caused by the program's long payroll processing queue.
PROARMAS: Arms group launches legal offensive against newspapers and commentators. Since the end of 2021, the National Pro-Arms Movement Association, the largest arms group in the country, filed at least 20 actions against media outlets and commentators who dealt with the increase in the circulation of weapons in Brazil and its lack of control. (Folha de S.Paulo)🚥
CLIMATE: Argentina has a 45% delay in soybean planting in the central region due to drought, says stock market. (CNN)
HARASSMENT: National Secretary for Early Childhood Care, from the Bolsonaro government, is accused of moral harassment after Lula's victory. According to reports from servers, Luciana Siqueira sent messages and made threats during a meeting to those who did not vote for Jair Bolsonaro. (G1)
EMPLOYEES: Twitter is being sued over mass layoffs. The employees filed a class-action lawsuit against the company in San Francisco federal court, arguing that actions taken by the new management Elon Musk contrariama U.S. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. (Digital Look)

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João Caminoto

Journalist with more than 30 years of experience, I held various positions - from reporter to international correspondent to editorial director - in several publications, such as Estadão, Broadcast, Época, BBC, Veja and Folha. I feel privileged to have embraced this profession. I am in love with my family and Corinthians.