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Bolsonaro house arrest bid fails: Brazil top court rejects plea; health concerns dismissed

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro (File photo) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday turned down former president Jair Bolsonaro’s plea to serve his prison term under house arrest, according to a court ruling.Bolsonaro’s legal team had filed the request a day earlier, arguing that the 70-year-old should be allowed to remain at home on health grounds […]

‘Illegal alien from Brazil’: Karoline Leavitt’s relative detained by ICE; Trump admin targets visa overstays

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt In an interesting turn of events, a relative of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was detained as the Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement efforts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. Leavitt, a close aide to US President Donald Trump, has previously referred to immigrants […]

Prison sentence begins: Brazil ex-president starts 27-year jail term; Bolsonaro kept in secure police quarters

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro (AP) Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, was ordered Tuesday by the Supreme Court to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a failed coup to block Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections. Bolsonaro, who once reshaped Brazil’s politics and fired up […]

German Coach Dietmar Beiersdorff to Visit ‘Mini Brazil’ Village in Madhya Pradesh Today | Udaipur Kiran

Shahdol, 24 November (Udaipur Kiran)। Renowned German coach Dietmar Beiersdorff from the prominent football club FC Ingolstadt 4 will visit Vicharpur village in Shahdol district on Monday. Widely known as ‘Mini Brazil’, the village has gained national and international recognition for its outstanding football culture. During his visit, Beiersdorff will interact with footballers from Vicharpur, […]

Fire disrupts COP30 climate summit in Brazil

A fire forced organizers of the UN’s COP30 climate talks in Belem in northern Brazil to empty the site on Thursday. Reporters and other attendees were sent a circular note saying there was a “fire incident in Zone B,” and asking them to “evacuate the venue immediately.” A siren sounded inside the venue signaling participants […]

Watch: Environment protestors storm into Cop30 venue in Brazil; clash with security

Indigenous peoples shout slogans about defending the Amazon at the People’s Summit, a gathering coinciding with the COP30 UN Climate Summit (AP photo) Tensions erupted late Tuesday evening at the Cop30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, after a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous protesters forced their way into the main conference centre, leading to scuffles […]

Earth’s reality check: UN Climate Change Conference COP30 venue flooded in Brazil – Watch

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) began on Monday in Belém, Brazil, bringing together around 50,000 participants from more than 190 countries, including diplomats, policymakers, and climate experts, for the 11-day event in the Amazon region.However, the opening day was disrupted by heavy rain that caused flooding in several parts of the city, […]

Trump is not going to COP30 in Brazil, but America is

The global community expected as much from a president who has pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement for the second time, slashed funding for renewable energy, championed fossil fuel projects and told world leaders at the UN in September that climate change is the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.“But […]

Prince William grilled for flying 8,800 km to receive climate award in Brazil: ‘Enjoying private jets while lecturing on carbon footprints’

Prince William’s visit to Brazil for his Earthshot Prize has stirred a row, with social media accusing him of hypocrisy over his carbon footprint. The Prince of Wales travelled roughly 8,800 kilometres to Rio de Janeiro for this year’s Earthshot events, which are being held just days before the COP30 climate conference begins in Belém.The […]

Making forest protection more lucrative than destruction

Representative image (AP) Though tropical rainforests contain some of the world’s richest biodiversity, regulate climate and hold vast stores of carbon dioxide, humans often see greater value in destroying them. The vast Amazon rainforest has typically suffered extreme exploitation, losing 3,000 football fields of forest daily during its 2022 deforestation peak to make way for […]