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16 September 2014Brazil reduced the percentage of its population in a situation of malnutrition from 10.7% to 5%, revealed on Tuesday the report of the UN agency for Food and Agriculture, FAO.According to the report, Brazil canceled the reduction of this indicator in the last ten years, thereby achieving one of the eight Millennium Development Goals that the UN established for 2015.The report, reviewed by the EFE agency, also reflects that this country will have poverty from 24.3% to 8.4% between 2001 and 2012, while extreme poverty fell from 14% to 3.5%."Overcoming hunger was one of the main goals of…

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has cast doubt on President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, repeatedly praised Jan. 6 as an example of a "peaceful transition" of power in an interview Thursday.“We delivered a peaceful transition on January 6, 2021, exactly as required by our Constitution,” Pompeo, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, told Sky News.Pompeo was fielding questions about why his new book, "Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love," doesn't focus more on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election, because it reflects his four…

Some football fans say Tony Romo has lost his style in the broadcast booth.It appears that was also the sentiment among CBS executives, who reportedly met with the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback last offseason, thinking he had lost something, the New York Post reported Thursday night. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Cincinnati and SMU in Dallas on February 12, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)CBS Sports President Sean McManus and top NFL game producer Jim Rikhoff reportedly flew to Romo's Dallas home on several occasions last offseason to watch…

Warming centers opened in Maine Thursday as the state braced for extremely cold temperatures that could bring freezing winds of minus 60 degrees, officials said.Wind chills of minus 35 degrees could be seen along the Maine coasts, and minus 45 in the foothills, the governor's office said as it warned residents to stay prepared and safe."Frost and hypothermia are real risks when temperatures are this extreme," Nirav D. Shah, director of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a declaration.Wind chill warnings covered more than 16 million people in the US on Thursday night, according to the…