The money is needed to address the needs of as many as 10.6 million malnourished people and 7.4 million with no access to freshwater due to ongoing clashes. The UN’s undersecretary-general calls for peace talks.
Motorcycle sales from Brazil to foreign countries increased year-on-year in January, to 3,336 vehicles shipped abroad.
A designer, photographer, painter, engraver and sculptor, São Paulo’s Tarek Mourad takes inspiration from anonymous people to create his artworks. A resident of Beirut, he is getting ready to take his work to Paris.
In a concerted effort with Russia and Venezuela, the two Arab countries have pledged to keep production at January levels to prevent prices from diving further. The goal, however, is not to drive prices up.
José Humberto de Brito Cruz, the new Brazilian ambassador in the Arab country, believes an agreement could give a boost to financial relations. He is set to take office on the 18th.
Spending by business travellers in Brazil declined in 2015 from the preceding year. The highest grossing industry was air travel, which accounted for 44.2% of total earnings.
The country lifted its ban on beef from Brazil in November of last year, but it will only start buying once manufacturing units have been accredited anew.
Brazil’s exports outweighed imports in the second week of February, in the second weekly surplus of the month. Since January, the country is running a USD 2.2 billion surplus.
Banking institutions are expecting prices to go up 7.61% this year in Brazil, according to a Brazilian Central Bank poll. The estimate has been changed upward for the seventh straight time.
Rio Grande do Sul state native Lisiane Haddad cooks dishes for events such as dinners, engagement and cocktail parties. She also owns a restaurant, a snack bar and supplies food to Brazil’s navy in the Arab country.
The professor Mamede Mustafa Jarouche will teach a mini-course based on Arabic literature at the Social Service of Commerce’s Research and Formation Center.
Messer Di Carlo will teach a course covering the maksum, masmoudi and muhajjar, among other Middle Eastern sounds, on February 20, including theory and hands-on experience with rhythms and instruments.
The state will provide training to workers in refugee-related institutions next Wednesday. The goal is to spread knowledge and standardize services.
Talks held in Munich, Germany, will lead to a taskforce being formed to pave the way for a ceasefire in the Arab country.
