A tornado accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain struck the southern Brazilian state of Parana, killing six people, the state government said on Saturday.
A majority of judges on Brazil's Supreme Court panel voted on Friday to dismiss former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal against his 27-year prison sentence for allegedly plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election.
Global leaders convened in the heart of the Amazon on Thursday for a high-level summit ahead of next year’s COP30 climate conference, warning that the world is running out of time to avert environmental catastrophe.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched a fierce criticism of world leaders for failing to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, as Brazil hosted a summit of global leaders ahead of the COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city of Belém.
The world remains far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to the 16th edition of the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report, released this week.
EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the United Nations COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed.
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Brazil opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming.
Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation for their delegations at the COP30 climate summit, just a week before it begins, prompting host nation Brazil to offer free cruise ship cabins to poorer states in a last-minute effort to guarantee their participation.
Families gathered at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday to identify loved ones killed in what has become Brazil’s deadliest police operation, while funerals were held for four officers who died during the raids.
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, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.
Lawyers for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday filed an appeal to reduce his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he expected to reach mutually beneficial agreements during his meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Malaysia.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump may hold talks in Malaysia in the coming days, Brazilian diplomatic sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as both nations seek to manage steep tariffs imposed by Washington.
Brazil’s government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil company Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.
At least 17 people died when a passenger bus overturned in northeastern Brazil, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
U.S. and Brazilian officials held trade talks on Thursday that the two sides called positive and agreed to work to schedule a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva "at the earliest possible occasion".
Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso announced on Thursday, that he is stepping down from the court, well before his mandatory retirement in 2033.
Heads of state are due to start arriving in the Amazonian city of Belém in a month’s time for the United Nations climate summit, yet much of the infrastructure intended to welcome them remains incomplete.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called on countries to remain committed to the Paris Agreement and to strengthen global efforts against climate change during his address at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will meet Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva next week, as tensions between Washington and Brasília deepen over tariffs and sanctions.
Tens of thousands of people across Brazil have taken to the streets in all 26 states and in the Federal District, to oppose a proposed amnesty bill that could pardon former President Jair Bolsonaro, his allies, and supporters convicted in the 8 January, 2023 coup attempt.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after feeling unwell, according to CNN Brasil. The 70-year-old has a history of health problems linked to a 2018 stabbing attack.
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