Fernando Alexandre, reconheceu que há dificuldades na contratação de docentes para instituições de ensino portuguesas em Macau. Principal motivo são alterações nos pedidos de residência.

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Claim from Delhi comes a year after India announced that it will suspend decades-old river-sharing treaty with Pakistan

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Thai woman is in custody in connection with investigation after man was reportedly found dead at a hotel in Yangon

A US diplomat has been found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman had been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

US officials in Thailand and the US embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the state department, which confirmed the “death of a US government employee” assigned to the embassy in Yangon, but gave no other details.

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O Presidente norte-americano, Donald Trump, disse na quarta-feira que o Irão demorou demasiado tempo a negociar um acordo de paz e agora terá de “pagar o preço”.

At the end of this May, APEC and Quad ministerial meetings were held. The content and outcomes of both of these events reflected current political problems and trends in the Indo-Pacific region. Political Issues at the APEC forum On May 22-23, a meeting of ministers responsible for foreign trade took place in the Chinese city […]

Air India has offered to pay for some families to travel to Ahmedabad for crash anniversary

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Sismo de magnitude de 7,8 que ocorreu na segunda-feira matou 46 pessoas. Trabalhos de resgate prosseguem, apesar das réplicas.

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Em vésperas de visita aos EUA, Cheng Li-wun, líder do principal partido na oposição em Taiwan, apelou a norte-americanos e chineses para não tratarem a ilha como um "peão".

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Bilateral relations between Japan and China hit a roadbump following Takaichi’s pro-Taiwan remarks

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Rafael Dumlao and his associates killed Jee Ick Joo inside national police headquarters in 2016

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Animal activists call for harsher punishment for culprit to set clear example

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Police say autopsy showed ‘rat poison substances in victim’s body’

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Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress code

A Taliban crackdown on women’s dress code in Afghanistan has escalated into a rare mass street protest in the western province of Herat, with at least two people killed by security forces.

Officials made a wave of arrests in recent days targeting women and young girls accused of “improper hijab”. Residents say many families had received no information about the whereabouts or condition of those detained.

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Sismo de magnitude de 7,8 que ocorreu na segunda-feira matou 46 pessoas. Trabalhos de resgate prosseguem, apesar das réplicas.

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Em vésperas de visita aos EUA, Cheng Li-wun, líder do principal partido na oposição em Taiwan, apelou a norte-americanos e chineses para não tratarem a ilha como um "peão".

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Hay que ponerse en la piel de alguien que sufra. Alguien que sufra o que vea sufrir a su pareja, a sus padres, a sus hijos, a sus amigos. Día tras día, noche tras noche. Hay que querer ponerse en la piel y tratar de imaginar un dolor indecible, imposible de imaginar. Hay que pensar en quienes hayan llegado al límite de ese dolor y decidan acabar con su vida no porque renuncien a ella, sino en coherencia con su forma de entenderla. Las personas que eligen la eutanasia y que reciben para ella los avales médicos y jurídicos no están en contra del derecho a la vida. Al revés: lo están defendiendo.

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Dawa Sherpa spent nearly a week alone, surviving without supplemental oxygen, before crawling to safety

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Grieving families await answers as investigators prepare to release their report ahead of the tragedy’s one-year anniversary

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Police also charge seven individuals and consultancy firm involved in renovation of Wang Fuk Court complex

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Strikes come day after deadly militant attack on Pakistani security post in border province

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