By Chris Skeldon 
Saturday
After the Moon, India launches a rocket to study the Sun
A week after becoming the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole and the fourth to complete a lunar landing, India on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a solar probe on a four-month journey towards the sun. A new page in the history of the space race. the satellite Aditya-L1 It will be placed 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, at the so-called Lagrange point 1 (L1). AdityaThe satellite, which means sun in Hindi, will record solar activity, in particular the dynamics of the solar wind (the continuous emission of subatomic particles from the solar corona) and its effects on space meteorology. After some setbacks, India is working to achieve the achievements of other space programs at a fraction of the cost. Having become the first Asian country to put a spacecraft into Mars orbit, while its exploration of the moon continues, it is also on its way to conquering the sun.
Sunday
Raimundo shut down Avanti! In the rain and under Geronimo’s gaze
Under the watch of his predecessor Jeronimo de Souza and in front of the crowd, not even the rain could deter Paulo Raimundo’s debut as conductor to conclude the Festa do Avante!. With the policies of António Costa’s government as the main target, Raimondo accused the socialist executive of being “in the service of the interests and goals of the economic groups, a choice that the action of the Socialist Party government, its absolute majority and government intervention could achieve.” PSD, CDS, Chega and IL converge.” Interrupted by shouts of “This is how the power of the PC can be seen,” Raimondo revealed some of the communist proposals that will be presented in the coming weeks, starting with “IRS relief for workers and retirees.” It remains to be seen We see if the occasional support in Quinta da Atalaya can turn into a wave capable of reversing the downward trend that opinion polls continue to predict for a party that lost in the last legislative elections six of its 12 deputies.
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Woody Allen in Venice: A Genius Beyond Controversy
Before coming to Portugal this week for two concerts, a talk at Cinemateca with Ricardo Araujo Pereira, and the arrival of his 50th film in theaters in October, Woody Allen stopped by the Venice Film Festival for a screening. A stroke of luck. It was filmed in Paris and all in French Chance CupThe director is “darker and bitterer than usual, almost reaching the level of blackness A meeting point“, wrote critic DN Rui Pedro Tendinha after watching a screening of the film at the Lido. Woody Allen, 87, stressed, far from the controversy, that he supports the #MeToo movement “where you do something positive.” But in an interview with the world Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, has defended the pressure he was subjected to to resign after kissing a player following Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup. “It was just a kiss,” Allen said. Controversy, which fortunately does not erase his creative genius.
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Puigdemont demands after Yolanda’s visit
One day after Deputy Prime Minister and Somar leader, Yolanda Díaz, went to Brussels to try to persuade him to break the political deadlock in Spain in favor of the left, in the wake of the July elections, Carles Puigdemont presented his demands. The de facto leader of the Junts per Catalunya, exiled in Belgium since 2017, after the independence referendum, which was deemed illegal by Spanish law, and which later condemned him for sedition, made four demands in support of the new government of Pedro Sánchez, the most important of which is an amnesty for the convicted independence activists. This is a request that, like Diaz’s visit, caused some discomfort in the Socialist Workers’ Party, but it did not close the door to dialogue. The Feijóo PP – which presented itself to deputies on the 26th and 27th as a candidate for prime minister – said that it did not even deserve to meet with Junts. If the impasse continues, Spaniards will return to the polls. The ultimate irony: Spain’s fate is in the hands of a man who doesn’t even want to be Spanish.
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Costa seeks to seduce the young men at PS Rentrée
At the opening of the Second Socialist Academy, in Évora, the Prime Minister defended stability and emphasized that he intends to follow the legislature to the end because this is the existing “contract” with the population: “From x to x times the people are to vote and conclude the contract: there is a program to be adhered to and from Then in the end it must be evaluated whether it has been implemented or not.” Without responding directly to the demands of the Public Security Directorate to reduce the value-added tax that will be imposed this year, Antonio Costa did not fail to announce the extension of the zero value-added tax on food products until the end of the year. And the young people winked, trying to stop the trip abroad: It was announced on Wednesday that for every year worked in Portugal, the government will return to students the fees paid in public education, and changes were made to the IRS Jovem. Measures that the opposition was quick to criticize, some because they came too late, and others because they did not reach the essence of the issue. With the reopening of Parliament on the horizon (on the 15th of this month), stability seems far from certain.
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Lula’s plan for September 7 contradicts Bolsonaro’s plan
Discover the differences, challenges João Almeida Moreira, DN’s correspondent in São Paulo, in his text about Lula da Silva’s September 7, the first of his term as president, which could not be more contrasted with the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Brazil’s independence under the leadership of her predecessor a year ago. This year’s event was less public, without speeches and shorter, and only had greater security, following the January 8 attack against the Três Poderes headquarters in Brasilia, which was suspected to have been complicit with part of the armed forces. A year ago, under the watch of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who traveled to Brazil to celebrate the bicentenary, Bolsonaro took the opportunity to campaign for the following month’s elections and attack his rival. It was of no use. Now, Lula confirmed, in a television intervention on the 6th of this month, that “Brazil’s independence is not over yet” and that September 7th of this year “will not be a day of hatred or fear.”
Friday
Confetti and balloons for Kim’s nuclear attack submarine
Days after the American press announced that a (rare) trip by Kim Jong Un to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin – which was not confirmed by the Kremlin – was imminent, the North Korean leader came to showcase his new attack with “tactical nuclear” submarines. In a ceremony peppered with confetti and balloons, Kim Jong Un presented “Kim Geun Uk,” named after a North Korean naval officer and hero, highlighting that it is “one of the means of submarine attack by the naval forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” Korea. According to state media, Pyongyang intends to equip its navy with more nuclear weapons, starting with submarines. Since the beginning of the year, North Korea has conducted a record number of nuclear tests, and last month failed in its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit. And displays of force that make the world uncomfortable, especially with Putin seemingly turning to Kim in search of more weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine.