Foreign Affairs August 22, 2023 China/Russia-led bloc takes on dollar, Western influence as Putin dodges summit over arrest fears The two-day BRICS summit is taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa, and includes heads of state from aspiring members such as Iran and Saudi Arabia as the bloc looks to expand.
World August 22, 2023 Student, 13, dies on school bus after sticking head out window, colliding with pole A 13-year-old student was killed on a bus after she stuck her head out a bus window and struck a post, authorities said. She was dead before emergency responders arrived.
Brazil August 21, 2023 7 fans of Brazil’s Corinthians soccer team die after bus crashes, flips over At least seven people, who came to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for a soccer championship game between teams Corinthians and Cruzeiro, have died in a bus crash.
Brazil August 10, 2023 Brazil’s Amazon Summit ends with new rainforest protection plan but without measurable goals An Amazon summit attended by Brazil and other countries has ended. A plan was created to prevent the irreversible destruction of the Amazon without jeopardizing economic development.
Brazil August 9, 2023 Boy photographed playing in dust pile dies moments later: 'Tragic' The 7-year-old boy's family claimed they were unaware of the carcinogenic effects of limestone powder until it was too late and they had to rush their son to hospital.
Brazil August 8, 2023 Indigenous leader inspires law to treat Amazone river as a living entity subject to rights Brazilian municipality Guajara-Mirim has passed a law that designates the Komi Memem River personhood, a groundbreaking measure that was proposed by an Indigenous councilman.
South America August 8, 2023 Brazil, other Amazon rainforest countries to meet for the first time in 14 years over environmental threats Countries surrounding the Amazon rainforest, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, are meeting for the first time in over a decade to discuss protection measures.
Brazil August 8, 2023 Brazilian official blasts European Union rules banning products from areas of deforestation Brazil's agricultural minister blasted the new European Union rules that will ban products coming from deforested areas beginning in December 2024.
Brazil August 8, 2023 Brazilian census reveals country’s Indigenous people has nearly doubled its previous population count The number of Indigenous people in Brazil, which makes up 0.8% of the country, has nearly doubled its previous census count in 2010 with almost 1.7 million.
Brazil August 7, 2023 Governments gather to discuss strategies to protect Amazon rainforest: 'We are accelerating climate change' A major two-day Amazon Summit opens in Belem on Aug. 8, 2023. Governments of multiple countries are set to discuss strategies to save the rainforest.
Brazil August 3, 2023 President Lula's former lawyer takes seat on Brazilian Supreme Court Cristiano Zanin, the former personal lawyer of socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has assumed his seat on the nation's Supreme Court.