Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen | International Trade News

Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen | International Trade News

Presidents of China and Brazil hail ‘new phase’ in relations between two countries, which are major trading partners. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have inked dozens of trade and development deals, as the pair held talks in Brazil’s capital aimed at deepening…

Israeli PM Netanyahu offers m reward for captives freed from Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu offers big cash reward and safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducement to free Israeli captives. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said $5m will be given as a reward for each captive released from Gaza and those that help free Israelis held by Hamas will be…

Brazilian President Lula unveils anti-poverty, hunger alliance at G20 | Hunger News

Brazilian President Lula unveils anti-poverty, hunger alliance at G20 | Hunger News

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the Group of 20 Summit in Brazil by unveiling a global alliance aimed at tackling poverty and hunger. In his opening speech on Monday, Lula emphasised that these challenges stem from political choices. He also highlighted the widespread impact of climate…

Biden: No reversal of US clean energy advances ahead of Trump presidency | Climate Crisis News

Biden: No reversal of US clean energy advances ahead of Trump presidency | Climate Crisis News

United States President Joe Biden has witnessed the devastation of drought up close as he became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s under way in America”. His comments come even as the incoming administration of President-elect…

One dead after two reported explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court | Government News

One dead after two reported explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court | Government News

Federal police in Brazil are investigating after a pair of explosions rocked the heart of the country’s capital Brasilia, just steps away from the Federal Supreme Court (STF). At least one person was reported dead. The court itself was evacuated, as plumes of smoke and fire were visible from the…

Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil | Nicolas Maduro News

Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil | Nicolas Maduro News

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’. Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch on Wednesday, slamming Brazil’s officials for “blocking”…

Brazil seals bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse | Mining News

Brazil seals $30bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse | Mining News

The dam collapse unleashed wave of tailings in disaster that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests. Brazil has signed a 170 billion reais ($29.85bn) compensation agreement with miners BHP, Vale and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015, one of the country’s worst environmental disasters. The agreement…

Vinicius is going to win the Ballon d’Or, says Real Madrid coach Ancelotti | Football

Vinicius is going to win the Ballon d’Or, says Real Madrid coach Ancelotti | Football

The Brazilian forward scored a hat-trick in Real Madrid’s 5-2 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised the “extraordinary” Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian forward scored a second-half hat-trick to help them fight back from two goals down and thrash visitors Borussia…

Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira: MMA fight time, undercard, ring walks | Mixed Martial Arts News

Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira: MMA fight time, undercard, ring walks | Mixed Martial Arts News

EXPLAINER All the fight details as Cameroon’s Ngannou returns to MMA to take on Brazil’s Ferreira for the PFL heavyweight title. Cameroonian fighter Francis Ngannou is set to make his long-awaited return to the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) circuit to challenge the Professional Fighters League’s (PFL) heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira…