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Brazil’s JHSF Takes Its Luxury Platform to Sardinia, Italy
Brazil’s JHSF conglomerate is bringing its luxury “ecosystem” to Europe for the first time. On the island of Sardinia, Italy, along the Mediterranean coastline, JHSF Fasano Sardegna project is under development. The masterplan encompasses more...

Healthcare Insurance Market Size to Reach USD 4.56 Trillion by 2032 Owing to Rising Costs and Expanding Coverage | S&S Insider
U.S. Healthcare Insurance Market to Reach $1.63 Trillion by 2032 Due to Growing Demand for Mental Health and Tailored Insurance Plans. Austin, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Healthcare Insurance Market Size & Growth Analysis: According to S&S...

Mark Webber praises ‘sensational contribution’ from Red Bull Racing owner Dietrich Mateschitz
Mark Webber believes the role Red Bull Racing team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has had in Formula One for the past 10 years has not received the recognition it deserves. The futures of Red Bull and Toro Rosso, the other F1 team that Mateschitz owns,...

Brazil poised to lead global robusta coffee farming on expansion potential, report says
By Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) -Brazil is positioning itself to overtake Vietnam as the world’s largest robusta coffee producer, driven by the crop’s climate resilience and growing global demand, according to a report by Dutch bank Rabobank...

PAHO engages COA members and health authorities to promote health cooperation across the Americas
Washington DC, October 2, 2025 — Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met on Wednesday October 1 with members of the Council of the Americas’ Healthcare Series leadership group and with health authorities from...

Cardiovascular Health Supplements Market to Reach USD 20.31 Billion by 2032 Owing to the Rising Incidences of Cardiovascular Diseases and Aging Population | S&S Insider
Natural supplements dominate the market, while synthetic formulations and online channels gain momentum amid growing heart health awareness globally. Austin, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cardiovascular Health Supplements Market Size & Growth...

Health Ministry to survey free meal program’s nutrition impact
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s Health Ministry will measure the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program’s impact on beneficiaries through a national nutrition survey and biannual height and weight checks, officials said Thursday. Health Minister Budi...
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Bill Will Encourage Police Shootings
(São Paulo) – The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human Rights Watch said today. On...

“Unprecedented” US government shutdown could force mass furlough of health workers
Luke Taylor Rio de Janeiro US health agencies are preparing to furlough up to three quarters of their staff and health insurance premiums could rise for millions of Americans as lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the national budget....

State Dept: Visa Restrictions Won’t Stop Cuban Officials from Attending World Health Organization Meeting in D.C.
The U.S. State Department, in a statement to Breitbart News on Thursday, denied complaints from the Communist Party of Cuba that visa restrictions on members of the violent regime would prevent Cuba from being an active participant in the...

Brazil call up Estêvão, but João Pedro misses out with ‘physical problem’
The October international break is coming up after this weekend’s games, which usually would be rather annoying, but in our current predicament, it’s hoped that it will serve as literal panacea for some of the very literal troubles that ail our...

PAHO and the Andean Health Organization extend agreement to strengthen health in the Andean region
Washington, DC, October 2, 2025 (PAHO) – Today the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Andean Health Organization – Hipólito Unanue Agreement (ORAS-CONHU) extended the Memorandum of Understanding that consolidates their cooperation...

Fury as Brazil brings in 'wild west' cash bonuses for police who KILL suspects
Fury has erupted in Brazil after lawmakers approved a law that would offer police large bonuses when they kill suspects or seize high-calibre weapons. Under the controversial law, officers could earn extra payments worth between 10 and 150 per...

How The Trump Administration’s Pharmaceutical Tariff Plan May Affect You
You've probably seen both praise and criticism of President Donald Trump's new tariffs while scrolling through your feeds. On top of higher grocery bills from inflation, you may have already noticed about a 10% jump in prices on some imported...

Regragui: All Moroccans want quality education and health
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Society Hespress ENThursday 2 October 2025 - 13:30 Morocco coach Walid Regragui said Thursday that “there is no Moroccan in the world who does not want quality education and health,” voicing hope that recent demands...

Robotic surgery 12,000km away - Kuwait hospital wins Guinness record
Kuwait has earned a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance between a patient and a surgeon. The record was set after a surgical team at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital successfully performed a remote robotic surgery on a patient in Brazil,...

Football: Mitoma not in Japan squad for Paraguay, Brazil friendlies
TOKYO - Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma was left out of Japan's 27-man squad for their upcoming home friendlies against World Cup-bound Paraguay and Brazil due to a medical issue, as Queens Park Rangers attacker Koki Saito won his first call-up on...

Touch one, touch all: Brazil must protect its citizens on the Global Sumud Flotilla
First published in Portuguese at Movimento Revista. Translation by LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal. The next 24 hours will be decisive. As the genocide of the Palestinian people continues to spark outrage across the globe, the...

The pandemic accord: new possibilities for public health industrialisation pathways?
The WTO at 30—an unhappy birthday? The ‘Battle of Seattle’ in 1999, during the WTO Ministerial Conference: mass protests against the WTO’s corporate-led globalisation. When the organisation was established in 1995, many activists in the Global...

Brazilian health experts underscore benefits of Covid-19 vax for pregnant women
Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 10:03 UTC The experts highlighted a decreasing vaccination rate in Brazil this year Brazilian health experts echoed this week the findings of a study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Congress. Led by...