MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 4th 2019
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Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Weapons makers encouraged with the Brazilian market by pro-gun Bolsonaro
With its high murder rate and huge armed forces, Brazil has long been in the cross-hairs of foreign weapons makers. Now they have a powerful champion: pro-gun President Jair Bolsonaro. The right-wing former army captain, who relaxed gun ownership laws soon after taking power in January, has raised hopes among foreign firms that his next move will be easing investment restrictions on Brazil's 200 billion reais (US$55 billion) defense sector.
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Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Twin brothers in Brazil will have to pay paternity support for a girl
Twin brothers in Brazil are being forced to each pay child support after a paternity test was unable to confirm who the father of a newborn baby is. The identical twins refused to admit who the father of the baby girl was in an attempt to avoid making support payments.
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Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Two billion people “over-nourished”: too much sugar, sodium and short on fruit, nuts and whole grains
One in five deaths globally are linked to poor diet, experts said on Thursday, warning that overconsumption of sugar, salt and meat was killing millions of people every year. The United Nations estimates that nearly a billion people worldwide are malnourished, while nearly two billion are “over-nourished”.
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Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Commons with one vote difference passes a bill asking to delay Brexit
The lower house of the British parliament on Wednesday approved legislation which would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a Brexit delay to prevent a potentially disorderly departure on Apr 12 without a deal.
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Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 08:48 UTC
Mrs. May and Corbyn further constructive talks scheduled for Thursday
The British government and the main opposition were to hold further crisis talks on Thursday after MPs voted in favour of a Brexit delay that would avoid Britain crashing out of the EU on Apr 12.
