COP30 passes mid-point
COP30 reached mid-point during the weekend, but despite the positive spin by the hosts Brazil, real progress made so far is limited. Even though more progress is likely this week, ...
COP30 stews over fossil fuels and final deal as Indigenous fight for forest
UN climate talks were nearing a midway point on Friday, with countries still wrangling over which issues they might be able to rally around in a final summit deal – and ...
COP30 makes a subdued start
COP30 has started at Belem in Brazil, but with low expectations. Not only under President Trump the US has pulled out of the Paris Agreement – starting January – but his administration ...
COP30 events will be safe, Brazil official says after Rio violence
Events next week in Rio and other Brazilian cities linked to the COP30 climate summit will be safe for visitors, a Brazilian ministry official said, seeking to reassure attendees after ...
Corpses line Rio street, pushing death toll from police raids to 132
The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history killed at least 132 people, officials said on Wednesday, after Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses collected overnight, ...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to ...
Brazil carries out raids in crackdown on organised crime in the fuel sector
Brazilian police and tax officials carried out a series of raids early on Thursday across the country targeting multibillion-dollar money laundering and fraud schemes linked to organised crime in the ...
Lula rejects ‘humiliation’ of calling Trump over US-Brazil tariff
As US tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50 per cent on Wednesday, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room ...
Brazil’s Lula says he won’t take orders from ‘gringo’ Trump
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said that he would not take orders from a “gringo,” responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s letter slapping Brazil ...
Lula visits former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in house arrest
After participating in Mercosur trade talks in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday at her apartment ...
Brazil agriculture agency plans long-term research into cannabis cultivation
Brazil’s agricultural research agency Embrapa, which helped turn the country into a leading grains exporter, is preparing a 12-year research program that could do the same for cannabis cultivation ...
Brazil’s Lula to meet with agency on Petrobras’ bid to drill near mouth of Amazon river
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with environmental agency Ibama this week or the next to discuss Petrobras’ bid to drill for oil near the mouth of ...
Brazil’s Lula to undergo new procedure to prevent further brain bleeding, local media says
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo a new medical procedure scheduled for Thursday in order to prevent further bleeding in his brain, newspaper Folha de S. ...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro had direct role planning coup attempt, police say
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro directly planned and acted in a criminal conspiracy that aimed to carry out a coup after his failed 2022 re-election bid, a formal accusation from Brazil’...
G20 summit kicks off with global pact to fight hunger, poverty
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Monday with the launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and ...
Brazil’s Lula stable after head injury, doctors say
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent new medical exams on Tuesday, which showed his condition is stable in comparison to previous assessments following a weekend head injury, his ...
Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on rise of dinosaurs
Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world’s oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years that could help explain ...
Half million still without power in Sao Paulo from Friday storm
Half a million consumers in Latin America’s largest city are still without electricity three days after a violent gale knocked down power lines and caused a blackout, the distributor ...
Brazil’s top prosecutor backs social medial platform X
Brazil’s top prosecutor’s office told the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday that it does not see reasons to prevent social medial platform X of being reinstated, according ...
Brazil’s coast eroding faster than ever as Atlantic advances
Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, pushed higher by climate ...
Brazil likely to reinstate daylight saving time as drought cuts hydropower
Brazilian authorities are likely to approve reinstating daylight saving time after it was abolished five years ago, multiple sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the country faces ...
Brazilian police bust gang that moved 3 tonnes of illegal Amazon gold
Brazilian police carried out a wide operation against illegal mining in the Amazon on Monday, raiding a criminal organisation that financed the production and sale of 3.1 tonnes of gold whose ...
Ronaldinho lands in northern Cyprus
Two-time Fifa world footballer of the year Ronaldinho landed at northern Cyprus’ Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Thursday night.
Ronaldinho was pictured making his way through the airport’s arrivals hall ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court votes to uphold X suspension; Starlink disobeys ruling
A Brazilian Supreme Court panel voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the suspension of social media giant X in the country for defying a court order, blocking access to more ...