Duarte Dias

Lisbon, London

Video Journalist at CBS News

Video Journalist @CBSNews in London. Formerly @Telegraph. Made in Portugal 🇵🇹

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Paraglider survives being accidentally pulled 28,000 feet into air without oxygen

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

A paraglider in China has survived an unexpected climb to 28,208 feet in the air without oxygen after being caught in a powerful updraft, according to an account told to Chinese Central Television (CCTV). Peng Yujiang, an experienced paraglider, said he had been conducting a routine test of equipment just under 10,000 feet above the sea in northwest China's Gansu Province. "After a while, the wind suddenly picked up and lifted me into the air.
Traces of cannabis found in Haribo Cola candy in the Netherlands

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

Haribo is recalling packs of sweets in the Netherlands after some were found to contain traces of cannabis. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Agency (NVWA) warned any potential customers of the 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) bags of Happy Cola F!ZZ not to eat the sweets because they may cause dizziness.
MEMÓRIA EM CARTAZ: HISTÓRIAS QUE ATRAVESSAM O TEMPO

1 month ago | segundaopiniao.jor.br | Duarte Dias

Deparei-me, recentemente, com um cartaz de um bom filme cearense que proclamava: “A memória faz parte da história, mas a história é maior do que a memória.” À primeira leitura, a frase soa plausível, quase auto-evidente; mesmo assim, deixou-me uma inquietação difícil de ignorar. Explico: a tradição acadêmica ainda tende a confinar memória à esfera subjetiva – recordações individuais, livros de reminiscências, tradições orais.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is in Russia, Kremlin says

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

U.S special envoy Steve Witkoff has traveled to Russia on Friday, according to the Kremlin. Flightradar24 appears to show the plane that's been used by President Trump's envoy arrived in St Petersburg Friday morning. The trip comes a day after a dual U.S.-Russian national, Ksenia Karelina, who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia, was exchanged for Arthur Petrov, who was accused of forming a global smuggling spy ring. This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is in Russia again, Kremlin says

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Duarte Dias

U.S special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Russia on Friday, the Kremlin said. According to state media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the trip by President Trump's envoy, but did not confirm whether he would meet with President Vladimir Putin. The Russian president's investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, met with Witkoff in St Petersburg, Reuters reported, citing the state-run TASS news agency.
Whisky and wine insiders say Trump's tariffs will be "a lot worse than people think" for Americans

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

Trump's tariffs set America's economy, and the world, on edge London — Producers and importers of alcoholic beverages say President Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs will hit many American drinkers in right in the wallet, with price hikes on some favored tipples even exceeding the rates of the levies he's imposed. On April 2, Mr. Trump announced what he called "reciprocal tariffs" on virtually every nation the U.S. does trade with.
Lost Loch Ness Monster camera from 1970 accidentally found by Boaty McBoatface

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

Biggest search for Loch Ness Monster in 50 years An underwater camera from 1970 that had been submerged to capture evidence of the Loch Ness Monster has been discovered by accident. The U.K.'s National Oceanography Centre was conducting a routine test of one of their autonomous underwater vehicles, named Boaty McBoatface, when it happened upon the camera system at a depth of around 590 feet.
Lost Loch Ness Monster camera accidentally found by Boaty McBoatface

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Duarte Dias

An underwater camera from 1970 that had been submerged to capture evidence of the Loch Ness Monster has been discovered by accident. The U.K.'s National Oceanography Centre was conducting a routine test of one of their autonomous underwater vehicles, named Boaty McBoatface, when it happened upon the camera system at a depth of around 590 feet.
What are the world's busiest airports? See the latest list as London Heathrow is shut down by a fire

Mar 21, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Duarte Dias

London — The sudden, full-day closure of London's Heathrow Airport on Friday caused by a fire in a nearby electrical substation threw the travel plans of an estimated 200,000 people into disarray. Heathrow is one of the world's busiest, most internationally connected airports, and it warned in a statement Friday that it expected "significant disruption over the coming days," telling passengers not to go to the airport "under any circumstances" until it reopens.
How bad could the North Sea tanker collision be for the environment?

Mar 11, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Ian Lee |Duarte Dias |Haley Ott

1 missing after North Sea ship crash London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley, Oil and Gas Campaign Lead at Oceana U.K., an environmental group focused on oceans, told CBS News on Tuesday. The U.K. Coastguard said an exclusion zone of about half of a mile had been established around both vessels, which were no longer stuck together.