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In this Nov. 22, 2019 photo, trunks and wooden boards are seen in an area opened by illegal loggers inside the Renascer reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil.
AP / Leo Correa
2024-03-29, Brazzil
The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fueling fears of a worse climate crisis to come as blazes kill vegetation that is key to absorbing planet-warming carbon...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after giving testimony over the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings, at Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 26, 2023
AP / Gustavo Morteno
2024-03-28, Al Jazeera
Brazil’s embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested the return of his passport in order to visit Israel, fuelling speculation that he could be seeking...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for photos on Combu Island, near Belem, Para state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Macron is on a three-day official visit to Brazil.
AP / Eraldo Peres
2024-03-27, Stars and Stripes
SAO PAULO — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest...
Xinhua: RIO DE JANEIRO, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Jefferson Savarino scored one goal and set up another as Botafogo climbed to the top of Brazil's Serie A standings on Sunday with a 2-0 away win over Rio de Janeiro rivals Flamengo. Luiz Henrique put...
The Peninsula: Doha, Qatar: Iraq coach Radhi Shenaishil has said victory against Japan in the AFCU23Asian Cup semi-final today is his team’s only priority, as the win will guarantee one of Asia’s three berths at this year’s Paris Olympic Games. The Iraqis have bounced back...
Newsday: SAO PAULO — It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology. Born in Paraíba, a state in Brazil’s poor northeast region, 77-year-old de França’s...
TravelDailyNews: MIAMIAvianca presents new features in its Business Class product, both in twin-aisle aircraft (Boeing 787) and single-aisle aircraft (A320 family). Moving forward, the ExecutiveCabin of the double-seat aircraft will be known as Avianca Insignia,...
Gulf-Times: Radhi Shenaishil will make victory the priority as his Iraq side take on Japan in the semi-finals of the AFCU-23Asian CupQatar 2024 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium today, when one of Asia’s three guaranteed berths at the Olympic Games will also be on the...
The Irish Times: Guide to sport on television (Monday – Sunday, Apr 29th – May 5th) Damian Cullen Sun Apr 28 2024 - 17:01 Punchestown Festival The finale of the jump racing season in Ireland takes place in Co Kildare from Tuesday to Saturday. Boasting several Grade One races,...
The Daily Mail: U2 star Adam Clayton has revealed he and his wife Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho have divorced after more than a decade. The guitarist, 64, and the lawyer, 45, said their split was amicable and that they will co-parent their six-year-old daughter Alba together....
Inside The Games: On May 1st, Rio de Janeiro will become the epicentre of action, hosting the prestigious Pan American Poomsae Championships, an event that has attracted the attention of the Pan American family. With a record that exceeds all expectations, this championship has...
The Guardian: The killing of councillor Marielle Franco has inspired a generation of journalists to probe the city’s dangerous underworld Rafael Soares’s phone rang and his blood froze. “Ronnie Lessa Googled you,” a federal police contact on the other end of the line told...
The Observer: Rafael Soares’s phone rang and his blood froze. “Ronnie Lessa Googled you,” a federal police contact on the other end of the line told the Brazilian reporter as he stood in his newsroom one morning in 2019. Any Rio crime journalist worth their salt knew that...
Inside The Games: Football mogul John Textor has been sentenced by Brazil's top sports court for ignoring orders to provide evidence to back up his claims of rampant fixing in the Brazilian league, even though he had done so before a commission headed by former football star...
Business Insider: Construction is underway on Nusantara. Firdaus Wajidi/Anadolu/Getty ImagesIndonesia plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta to the new city of Nusantara.The new city will cost $35 billion and won't be finished until 2045.The climate crisis has prompted the...
People Daily: BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Keen to explore the world of Brazilian cinema, movie enthusiast Dai Jiakun was bursting with excitement last week as she attended the opening ceremony of the BeijingInternational Film Festival's BrazilFilmWeek. "I've never been...
Xinhua: RIO DE JANEIRO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Mineiro continued their unbeaten start to the Brazilian Serie A season on Saturday with a 3-0 away victory over Cuiaba. Chile international forward Eduardo...