Health Professions Alliance Calls for Workforce Centered Climate Action

The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) has urged global leaders gathering at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, to place health professionals at the center of implementing the Belém Health Action Plan (BHAP),...

Brazil heading toward egg consumption major league

Brazil has been in the major poultry leagues for many years. I don’t want to go over the broiler production numbers we already know, but I would rather like to discuss the country’s domestic consumption of poultry products. Brazilians consumed...

President urges swift action on climate change and slams climate deniers

President Irfaan Ali is in Brazil attending the Conference of Parties on climate change, and today he raised concern about the slothfulness of global climate action, pointing out that while countries and climate deniers are wasting time, other...

American Business Forum: Lots of Miami razzle dazzle. Economy talk? Not so much

Inflation. Affordability. A slowing job market. These issues may rank high for many Americans but they didn’t command much time among most speakers at the American Business Forum, a slickly produced two-day event staged at the Kaseya Center in...

America’s addiction to immediate gratification will come at a price

The United States is winning. Or at least that’s how it looks if you’re tracking market indices or the parade of countries lining up to cut deals with President Donald Trump. The US economy is outpacing its allies. Stocks keep hitting record...

Brazil Launches Fund To Reward Nations That Protect Forests

Brazil on Thursday launched a new investment fund that could reward tropical countries that protect their rainforests, attracting several billion dollars in much-needed pledges from Norway, Indonesia and France. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...

President al-Sharaa welcomed by Brazilian President at COP30 Climate Summit

President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived at the venue of the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil, where he was received by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. President al-Sharaa is participating in the two-day World Leaders Climate Action...

Amazon lake where hundreds of dolphins died was hotter than a jacuzzi

WASHINGTON - When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil’s Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. What he and his colleagues discovered was startling: a brutal drought and extreme heat...

Brazil launches global fund to reward rainforest protection

A drone image shows the Amazon rainforest and the city of Belem in the back ahead of COP 30, at Ilha do Combu, in Belem, Brazil, August 10, 2025. ANDERSON COELHO / REUTERS Brazil on Thursday, November 6, launched a new investment fund that could...

Brazilian president urges swift energy transition to curb global warming

BELEM, Brazil, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday urged countries to accelerate the transition to renewable energy and strengthen environmental protection to curb global warming. In his opening speech at a...

Brazil Potash mandates BTIG for Autazes financing

In: Chemicals/Petrochemicals Brazil Potash has taken another step in securing financing for its $2.5 billion Autazes potash project in Amazonas state.The company hired global financial services firm BTIG as its advisor to identify financing...

President representing Namibia at COP30 in Brazil

Staff Reporter PRESIDENT of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has arrived at the COP30 Conference Centre in Belém, Brazil, where she is participating in the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties taking...

American Business Forum: Heavy on Miami razzle dazzle. Economy talk? Not so much

Inflation. Affordability. A slowing job market. These issues may rank high for many Americans but they didn’t command much time among most speakers at the American Business Forum, a slickly produced two-day event staged at the Kaseya Center in...

President Nandi-Ndaitwah meets Senegalese counterpart during stopover in Dakar

Date: November 07, 2025 DIPLOMACY STOPOVER: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made a technical stopover in Dakar, Senegal, while en route to Brazil, using the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The two...

President Oaks calls new apostle: Elder Gérald Caussé joins the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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Brazil stumps up billions of dollars for its ambitious rainforest fund at UN climate summit

BELEM – Brazil on Thursday unveiled long-awaited details of a plan to pay countries to preserve their tropical forests and announced it had already drawn $5.5 billion in pledges. The fund is President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's flagship project...

Brazil's Lula pitches for collective action ahead of COP30 meet

Belem: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made a powerful pitch for multilateralism and collective action at the Leaders' Climate Summit. Heads of state and government, and ministers from more than 70 countries are attending the two-day...

Southwest Just Gave American "Passport Bros" An Easier Route To One Of Their Favorite Destinations

The term "passport bro," popularized on social media, refers to men (typically Western men) who travel or relocate abroad in search of a perceived better lifestyle or romantic relationships with women from other countries. One of those countries...

Brazil Backs Stronger Partnership with PNG on Climate Leadership

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has received strong support from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for deeper cooperation between the two forest-rich nations. The call came during a bilateral meeting in Belém on the...

Brazil's Lula presents fund to save tropical forests ahead of COP30

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday presented a new multibillion-dollar fund to protect tropical forests, as world leaders convened in the Amazonian city of Belém ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) next week....