G20 ministers met in Brazil last week to discuss "misinformation", just as the country ramps up the censorship in an escalating 'war' with Elon Musk's X, leaving no doubt over which side they're on.
The future of X in Brazil is under threat after Elon Musk opposed Brazilian court orders aimed at restricting social media accounts amid a Government crackdown on fake news and hate speech.
Last week Nigeria's national grid collapsed entirely. A recent poll found 73% of the population wants to leave. The country is no fit state to look after 'restituted' precious artefacts, says Mike Wells.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60% in July compared to last year. So much for the 'climate emergency'.
The 2015 Zika panic, like the 2020 Covid panic, resulted in extreme global over-reaction. Yet when the smoke cleared it turned out there was no microcephaly epidemic. But the world just moved on and forgot.
In this week’s London Calling, we ask what possessed Harry to include his Taliban death toll in Spare, have a go at recording an audiobook version and ask whether Andrew Tate’s downfall is an elaborate hoax.
One of the many charges levelled at Brazil's President Bolsonaro is that his sceptical handling of the pandemic was "disastrous". A comparison with other countries, however, quickly shows that to be nonsense.
Brazil President Jair Bolsanaro has said he regrets removing liability from pharmaceutical companies for vaccine side-effects and is "sorry for all the deaths" as he confirms he is not vaccinated.
Researchers found that remote learning was associated with large increases in school dropout and learning losses in Brazil. They conclude that "the societal costs of keeping schools closed ... are very large".
We're publishing a third postcard from our Brazilian correspondent today in which he explains that infections are declining across Brazil in spite of President Bolsonaro's stubborn refusal to lockdown.
