The current president of Petrobras, General Joaquim Silva e Luna, said that the appointment of José Mauro Ferreira to the new presidency is “good and technical” and the record of the first case in the country of the recombinant variant of Ômicron are some of the highlights of the news this Thursday. thursday (7).
“Indication is good and technical”
After leaving Petrobras, General Joaquim Silva e Luna evaluated the appointment of José Mauro Ferreira to replace him as positive. “I know José Mauro from other times. I already had a connection with him since the days of Itaipu and in that period here at Petrobras as well. We are friends. It’s a good choice, a technical indication,” Silva e Luna told CNN. After the indication of the new name by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, on Wednesday night (6), the general and the deputy spoke by phone. In the conversation, according to Silva and Luna, the two agreed to talk about the succession.
new variant
Instituto Butantan confirmed the first case in the country of the recombinant variant of Ômicron (called XE), which mixes the BA.1 and BA.2 sublines. The information was released by the Ministry of Health. The recombinant between the two sublineages of Ômicron (BA.1 and BA.2) is being tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of the Ômicron variant. The recombinant was first detected in the UK on 19 January and approximately 600 sequences have been reported and confirmed as of 29 March.
Russia suspended from UN Human Rights Council
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has ruled that Russia should be suspended from the Human Rights Council. Brazil abstained from the decision. There were 93 votes for yes, 24 for no and 58 abstentions. Before the decision, Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya asked all countries to support the decision.
Rio and SP: Datafolha releases new polls
Haddad leads the electoral poll for the government of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro has a technical tie between Castro and Freixo. This Thursday (7), Datafolha released new research numbers that indicate federal deputy Marcelo Freixo (PSB) and governor Cláudio Castro (PL) technically tied for first in the race for the government of Rio de Janeiro. In São Paulo, Datafolha points to ex-minister Fernando Haddad (PT) with 29%, followed by ex-governor Márcio França (PSB), with 20%, ex-infrastructure minister Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), 14%, and the current governor of São Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), 6%.
First black woman on the US Supreme Court
The US Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 1st black woman on the country’s Supreme Court. Appointed by President Joe Biden, Jackson will be sworn in after Judge Stephen Breyer retires later this year. Ketanji’s approval also becomes a major milestone for the US Supreme Court and federal judiciary, although it does not change the court’s ideological balance.
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