Brazilian Beef Back on China’s Menu after Mad Cow Disease Case

Beijing will restart beef imports from Brazil - the world’s biggest exporter - on Thursday, just one month after a trade ban was triggered over a single case of mad cow disease.

Brazil is the main supplier of beef to China – which is also the top destination country for Brazilian beef exports, accounting for some 60% of all shipments abroad.

The move to lift the curb comes ahead of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s state visit to China, scheduled from March 26 to 31.

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Freight Train Cars Derail in 🇺🇸 Massachusetts - Nothing Toxic, Officials Claim

Yet another investigation is underway in Ayer on a jointly owned Norfolk Southern line.

Drone footage shows damaged containers, but the Emergency Management Agency says there are no chemicals involved.

Around ten railcars came off the tracks, allegedly with trash and recyclable waste.

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❗️ PMI Data Reveals Eurozone Economic Growth Acceleration to 10-Month High in March

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Ukraine 'Peace Club': Brazil Intended to Make Proposal to China... Now Lula has pneumonia?

Brazilian President Lula da Silva was due to visit China this week to meet President Xi and suggest forming a so-called 'Peace Club' to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Brasilia has resisted aligning with Western countries in backing Kiev and going against BRICS ally Russia.

“We are very interested in promoting or helping generate some kind of meeting that would lead to a peace process,” Mauro Vieira, Brazil’s foreign minister, told the FT.

However, on Friday reports emerged that Lula has delayed any trip due to the 77-year-old having pneumonia.

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Baby: Is that the idiot from the metaverse?

*Squints, right take me back to the VR womb.

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🔥 Netanyahu Residence: Wild Demonstration Breaks Down Barriers Near Israeli PM's Home - as reports emerge his family have been taken to security HQ for their own safety

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Global NATO Crawls Out from Shadows

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Australia, New Zealand and South Korea of joining a new global axis.

The Russian leader compared it to WWII, when Nazi Germany aligned with Japan. Earlier this year the UK signed a defence agreement with Tokyo.

Putin called it the rise of 'Global NATO'.

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Oil Indicates Banking Crisis Averted?

Early trading this week has seen prices continue to climb back up, as the finance sector appears to have taken its fat cat paws off the panic button.

Both Brent and West Texas continued to claw back losses on Monday, with the former rebounding almost 4% in a week - with the SVB and Credit Suisse crises halted (for now).

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