SAO PAULO | Xinhua | A 21-year-old woman died Saturday in Brazil after being released from a platform about 40 meters high during a rope-jump activity without a safety line attached, local authorities said. The incident occurred at the Ponte do Esqueleto bridge in Limeira, a city in southeastern …
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NEW JERSEY, United States | Xinhua | Brazil forward Vinicius Jr. said he was not satisfied with his performance despite scoring in a 1-1 draw with Morocco in their World Cup Group C opener on Saturday. “I believe I can improve a lot. I managed to score, but I wasn’t …
Read More »Morocco not satisfied with Brazil draw
NEW JERSEY, United States | Xinhua | Morocco manager Mohamed Ouahbi said his side had laid down an early World Cup marker after a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Saturday, declaring his team was capable of more. Morocco led through Ismael Saibari’s early goal and created several problems for the …
Read More »Africa’s climate fix that almost everyone missed
African nations lead in global soil-carbon capture as new report flags major omissions elsewhere. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African governments are moving faster than most of the world to put soil health at the centre of climate action, according to a new analysis that highlights a major blind …
Read More »Behind the scenes at COP30
How they reached the final deal COVER STORY | AGENCIES | It was the showdown nobody wanted. But in the end, it saved the climate summit. As the clock ticked past the deadline of 6pm on Friday in Belem, Brazil, the issue that, rightly or wrongly, came to define this year’s …
Read More »Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro put in preventive custody
RIO DE JANEIRO | Xinhua | Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody by police Saturday morning in Brasilia under an order issued by the Federal Supreme Court. According to initial information provided by the Federal Police, the arrest is not the result of a sentence, but …
Read More »COP30 summit kicks off in Belem, Brazil
BELEM, Brazil | Xinhua | The 30th United Nations climate change conference, commonly known as COP30, opened Monday in Belem, Brazil, with the aim of putting the fight against climate change back in the center of international priorities, according to local authorities. At the opening ceremony, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev …
Read More »Greater BRICS cooperation: genuinely big and beautiful
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Zhong Guan | From July 6 to 7, the 17th BRICS Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This summit and the recent expansion of BRICS, which now includes Indonesia as its newest member and ten additional partner countries, reflects a significant step towards strengthening …
Read More »China expands visa-free access to 5 Latin American countries
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | China on Sunday began implementing a trial policy that unilaterally grants visa-free entry to citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. It is the first time that China has extended such access to nations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Under the policy, which …
Read More »Barcelona court overturns rape conviction against former Barca and Brazil defender Alves
MADRID | Xinhua | Former FC Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves had his conviction for sexual assault overturned on appeal by the High Court in the Catalan region of north-east Spain on Friday. Alves was originally sentenced to four and a half years in jail in February 2024 after …
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