Some European countries are already considering lifting some of their lockdown restrictions over the next few weeks. Cases are stabilizing and the health system is getting back on its feet to deal with the high numbers of patients that are affected by the novel coronavirus. But the situation is very different in other parts of … More Podcast – Consequences of COVID-19 in Brazil
Since late December last year until the moment this post was written, over three million people have been contaminated with the novel coronavirus and more than 200 thousand died as a result. After starting in China, the virus slowly spread to Europe where it would shock the world with its fast progression. Italy, once the … More Pneuma – a short documentary about life during the lockdown
A reflection on Brazilian street food when you live in another country One of the most common ways to feel homesick when you are living away from your home country is about food. I feel a lot. But it is not because there are no ingredients here or the seasoning is more or less spicy … More CULINARY NOSTALGIA
It all started with a murder. In February 2018 a Hongkongese couple went on vacation to Taiwan, but only one of them returned home. A month later, Chan Tong-hai would confess to assassinating his girlfriend. However, he couldn’t be charged as the crime occurred in another jurisdiction. And he couldn’t be sent back because the … More ‘We should fight together”: a democracy dream for the Hongkongers of Ireland
A man with eighty-six previous convictions was given a fourteen-month jail sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this morning for burglary at a hotel in city centre. Before the court was Steffan Pavlov, a Belarus national, who pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary after entering O’Sheas Hotel in Talbot Street around 8:30 pm on … More Fourteen months of jail for foreign national after burglary in Dublin City Centre
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