Live updates: Iran strikes fully loaded oil tanker off Dubai coast as gas reaches $4 per gallon in US |
Authorities in Dubai said Tuesday morning they "contained" a Kuwaiti oil tanker after it came under attack from Iran. Officials said there was "no oil leakage and no injuries reported." The Dubai Media office earlier said a drone hit the Kuwaiti tanker in Dubai waters. Read more. |
Brazilian inmates find relief and reduce sentences through reading |
When 33-year-old Brazilian woman Emily de Souza heard about a program allowing her to shave off four days from her prison sentence by reading a book, she seized the opportunity to reconnect with a cherished habit. Like tens of thousands of detainees across the country — including former President Jair Bolsonaro — she signed up for a sentence reduction program that encourages inmates to immerse themselves in literary works in exchange for reducing their sentences by up to 48 days per year. Brazil, which has one of the highest per-capita incarceration rates in Latin America, stands out for having one of the most formalized and nationwide systems for sentence remission via reading in the world. Read more. |
