Just Talking Power Course, aprenda e treine Inglês como nunca imaginou! https://www.justtalking.club/curso Hello, this is the World News Podcast from Just Talking English, listen to the most important news, while learning and training English. I'm Edward Jr and for today, these are our main stories. “Welcome to Just Talking English News. Let's start today talking about Conspiracy theories.” CONSPIRACY THEORIES – Billionaire Bill Gates is the bad guy in the pandemic. When we talk about conspiracy theories, it is inevitable these days, not to mention the name Bill Gates. He has been getting a lot of credit, receiving many credits, on conspiracy theories when the topic is the pandemic. But, of course, all of this is misinformation, or fake news, if you search the internet, you can easily find the truth. But the thing is, people don't want to waste time looking for the truth, it's easier to just read and share if it's interesting, at least. I did some research and I found out that this started when, during a conference in 2015, he declared this, quote, or his his own words “If anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it is likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than war," he told the audience. This statement or declaration was enough to feed all the conspiracy theories involving his name these days. Some accuse him of wanting to depopulate the world or of making vaccines mandatory, when you are forced to do something, attempting to implant microchips into people, amog other false theories. But if you think about it a little bit, you will realize that conspiracy theories used to accuse powerful people of doing terrible things, the theories are basically the same, only the names change. Before Bill Gates, it was George Soros or the Rockefellers. In an interview with the BBC, Bill Gates expressed surprise at having become the main person in such theories. He said, open quote “ I'm kind of surprised some of it (conspiracy theories) is focused on me. We are just giving money away, we write the cheque.. and yes we do think about let's protect children against disease but it is nothing to do with chips and that type of stuff. You almost have to laugh sometimes" end quote. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52833706 POLITICS IN BRAZIL – Now changing to a interesting topic about politics in Brazil. As you may know, brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for Coronavirus. I know this is an old news but my interest here is what the international press has been saying or talking about his new condition. In general the international press is drawing attention or is calling attention to the fact that the president always denies the danger of the virus, minimizing the importance of lockdown, the use of masks and stating or declaring in public that the virus was just a "little cold” or “a gripezinha” in Portuguese. Well, nothing different about what we already know, but the funny moment is when they are explaining or showing some public reactions about Bolsonaro's new condition. Many Brazilians are unhappy with the way Brazil is dealing with the pandemic here, what the country is doing to prevent the virus from spreading, and blame the president for the terrible situation we are facing, much worse than the rest of the world , only behind the United States, of course. On the internet, people are saying things like: “Who wants Bolsonaro's complete and quick recovery?” other are saying: “I wish Coronavius much success in the fight against the president.” or my favorite: “Be strong Covid, I believe you”. Very funny, indeed! That's it folks, of course this is just for fun, we are being not serious here. Lots and lots of love for you, until next time and keep that in mind: “Hope for the better, but prepare for the worse”. It simply means, be optimistic, but realistic. See you later and take care everybody