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With smiles and daggers at UN, Lula and Trump agree to meet
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - After trading barbs at the UN, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed his "excellent chemistry" with Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and announced a meeting next week.
Brazil's Bolsonaro takes stand, rejects coup charges
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday denied involvement in an alleged coup plot as he took the stand for the first time in his high-stakes trial.
Italians flock to pick-a-pope online game
Reuters, Published on 30/04/2025
» ROME - Betting on the next pope frowned upon in the home of the Vatican, but thousands of Italians have instead taken to playing “Fantapapa”, an online game inspired by the fantasy leagues familiar to sports fans.
121-metre long cake gives a taste for records
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» ARGENTEUIL — Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8-metre (399 feet, eight inches) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.
Chinese foreign minister's Brazil stop yields mutual visa deal
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/01/2024
» China and Brazil have agreed to streamline visa processes to revive exchanges between the two countries to pre-pandemic levels.
Venice mourns after 21 killed in bus accident
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» VENICE - Flags flew at half-mast over Venice on Wednesday after 21 people including a toddler were killed when a bus careered off an overpass and caught fire.
Tropical forest nations seek climate plan in Brazil
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Nations from Brazil to Indonesia met Wednesday to seek a plan to save the world's tropical rainforests, a day after South American leaders drew criticism for failing to adopt a pledge to protect the Amazon.
South American summit seeks roadmap to save Amazon
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and fellow South American leaders face pressure to set out bold solutions to save the damaged Amazon as they open a summit Tuesday on the world's biggest rainforest.
Brazil police search Bolsonaro's home
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» BRASíLIA - Police in Brazil searched ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's home and seized his cell phone Wednesday in an investigation into allegations of falsifying Covid-19 vaccination records, an allegation the far-right vaccine skeptic denied.
Russia's Lavrov meets Lula as Brazil, US trade barbs on Ukraine war
AFP, Published on 18/04/2023
» BRASíLIA - Russia's foreign minister met in Brazil on Monday with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as Washington criticized the South American leader's recent remarks on US defense support for Ukraine.