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Brazil’s Invisible Communities Deserve to Be Counted
The rise in big data and artificial intelligence has weaponized, excluded, disadvantaged, and exacerbated the inequities faced by oppressed communities. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to exclude immigrants from...

Brazil’s insurance reforms signal major institutional shift amid economic slowdown: AM Best
AM Best, the credit rating agency, states that Brazil’s sweeping reforms to its insurance regulatory framework represent a major institutional shift, steering the country’s insurance market toward greater professionalism, stronger consumer...

Kings League 2026: Morocco’s Group Stage Opponents Revealed
Morocco will face Colombia, Chile and the Netherlands in the group stage of the 2026 Kings League of Nations, after the draw in Copacabana, Brazil. The tournament starts in January, with hosts and defending champions Brazil in Group D alongside...

President Mahama admits flying cash to Brazil damaged Ghana’s image
Hot!News October 13, 2025 1 minute read President John Dramani Mahama has acknowledged that the decision to fly cash to Brazil to pay the Black Stars during the 2014 World Cup dented Ghana’s international image. Speaking on lessons from the...
Brazil, South Africa FX Soars as Trump Dials Back Trade War Tone
(Bloomberg) -- Currencies from Brazil, South Africa and Mexico outperformed emerging-market peers on Monday as trade concerns eased on a day marked by thin trading volumes, with the US bond market closed for a holiday. Investor appetite for...
Brazil Supreme Court justice keeps Bolsonaro under house arrest
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled on Monday to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, according to a court document seen by Reuters. “The guarantee of public order and the need to...

Brazil hosts PreCOP30 with an eye on climate financing
Called PreCOP-30 and running until tomorrow, the meeting’s main objective is to discuss financing for combating climate change and the energy transition in developing countries, many of which have vast natural resources but limited funds to...

President Mahama ‘vows’ not to repeat 2014 incident in paying Black Stars players
President John Dramani Mahama has assured the public that his government will not repeat the infamous incident of flying cash to pay protesting Black Stars players during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. According to the President, his...

Brazil hopes COP30 can unite world for climate action
BRASILIA Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: Proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis. It faces tough odds, with a hostile...

Prince William and Gisele Bündchen Join Forces for Climate Campaign in Brazil
Prince William has added a supermodel to his delegation of eco-friendly spokespeople. None other than Brazilian fashion mogul Gisele Bündchen has joined the board of the Earthshot Prize, the initiative of King Charles III’s son supporting...

Japan vs Brazil Preview, Lineups & Odds | International Friendly 2025
It's Japan vs Brazil at the National Stadium in Tokyo in a high-profile international friendly as both teams continue their preparations for the 2026 World Cup. The hosts are winless in three games and will look to improve after a hard-fought 2-2...
2014 Brazil fiasco dented Ghana’s image—Mahama
President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has admitted that what happened to the Black Stars and their management in Brazil soiled the image of Ghana. However, he believes that the country has moved past it and has learned lessons to make things...

Trump Takes Time Out from Speech to Knesset and Asks President of Israel to Give Benjamin Netanyahu “A PARDON.”
Trump calls on leftist politicians to drop the bogus lawfare charges against Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech to the Knesset on Monday. (WH video) On Monday morning, while most of America was asleep, President Donald Trump delivered remarks to...

A postmodernist home reborn: we tour the British embassy in Brazil
The British Embassy in Brazil cuts a distinctly postmodernist figure within its world-renowned modernist architecture context. The building is set in the country's capital of Brasilia, the city famously created from scratch by a team of creatives,...

JOHN CZWARTACKI: Brazil Is Waging War On American Technology — With China's Help
At the United Nation’s General Assembly, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave a speech decrying attacks on his country’s “sovereignty.” Though Lula was not-so-subtly calling out the Trump administration’s 301 investigation into his...

China envoy vows deeper Brazil ties, denounces US ‘jungle’ law in tariff showdown
China’s ambassador to Brazil used a keynote speech in São Paulo on Monday to reaffirm Beijing’s support for investment and export certifications aimed at helping South America’s largest economy weather US President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive....

Haaland's latest milestone, Brazil's No 9 battle and unlikely qualifiers – The Briefing
Welcome to The Briefing, where The Athletic discusses three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This edition, Norway hammered Israel 5-0 as Erling Haaland reached another milestone, Brazil finally refound their mojo...

Airbus Bets On Brazil As Latin America’s Aviation Engine
Airbus is quietly rebuilding Latin American aviation around Brazil. The company’s outlook points to the region’s fleet nearly doubling by the early 2040s, powered by steady services growth of about 3.6% a year and the need for roughly 2.35 million...

Soccer-Neymar must regain full fitness for Brazil recall, says Ancelotti
TOKYO (Reuters) -Neymar remains in Brazil's plans but the forward needs to be fully fit to earn a recall to the squad as he looks to reignite his international career ahead of next year's World Cup, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday. Neymar,...

Flutter Brazil CEO Reveals the Company’s Next Steps in the Region
Flutter Brazil recently opened its new office in São Paulo, Brazil. Set in the heart of Faria Lima Square, Latin America’s leading financial hub, the 731-square-meter area reflects the company’s ambitions for the future of Brazil’s fast-growing...