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Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hit the corridors of COP30 in Belem on Wednesday, in a push to land a deal at the UN climate talks as nations remained divided over contentious issues.
Climate protesters to rally at COP30's halfway mark
AFP, Published on 15/11/2025
» BELéM — Thousands of people are expected to march through the streets of Belem on Saturday, demanding "real solutions" to human-caused global warming as the Brazilian city hosts this year's United Nations (UN) climate talks.
Greta Thunberg lands in Greece with expelled Gaza flotilla activists
AFP, Published on 07/10/2025
» ATHENS - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Monday alongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza, AFP journalists saw.
'No amnesty!' Brazilians protest against bid to pardon Bolsonaro
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested Sunday against "shameless" lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, while pushing to shield themselves from criminal charges.
Brazilians protest bill boosting lawmakers' immunity
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» BRASíLIA - Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in anger at moves by Congress to boost lawmakers' immunity and push for amnesty that could include far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of trying to stage a coup.
Brazil's Bolsonaro faces prison after coup plotting conviction
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday convicted firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, sealing his fate with a 4-1 vote that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Brazilian Supreme Court begins voting on Bolsonaro verdict
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» BRASILIA - Brazil’s Supreme Court began on Tuesday to deliberate on a verdict in the coup-plot trial of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro against a backdrop of pressure from his supporters and US President Donald Trump.
In Guyana, remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» LETHEM (GUYANA) - Through the vast interior of Guyana, a historic red dirt road known as "The Trail" winds through rainforest, plains and hills, linking the capital Georgetown to Lethem in the south on the border with Brazil.
Inter Milan, Dortmund claim first wins at Club World Cup
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» PHILADELPHIA - Inter Milan came from behind to beat Urawa Red Diamonds and knock the Japanese side out of the Club World Cup on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund held off Mamelodi Sundowns to win a seven-goal thriller.
PSG stunned by Botafogo after Messi lights up Club World Cup
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» PASADENA, United States - European champions Paris Saint-Germain suffered a shock 1-0 Club World Cup defeat to Brazilian side Botafogo on Thursday after Lionel Messi lit up the tournament with a brilliant free-kick winner for Inter Miami.