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Lula launches alliance to combat world hunger as Brazil hosts G20
Summit’s first day notable for frosty meeting of far-right Argentinian leader Javier Milei and leftwing host. The president of Brazil , Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , has opened the G20 meeting in ...World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago -
Brazil hosts G20 with wars, Trump return in the background and focus on poverty fight
Brazil is pushing for concerted action to alleviate hunger as it hosts a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming U.S. President-elect ...World - ABC News - 7 minutes ago -
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C. The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Brazil's Lula cancels trip to Russia for BRICS summit after an accident
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neckWorld - ABC News - October 20 -
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São Paulo loss caps dismal local elections for Brazil’s Lula
Defeat of candidates backed by leftwing president at regional level weakens his own re-election prospectsBusiness - Financial Times - October 27 -
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Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police
Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília. The main target of a bomber who killed himself while attempting to attack ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
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Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people
Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economiesWorld - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Brazil first lady uses expletive against Elon Musk at G20 event
Janja Lula da Silva joked that she was not afraid of the owner of social media platform X.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Brazil president Lula cancels Brics trip to Russia after ‘small brain haemorrhage’ from fall
Doctors say president sustained ‘great’ trauma to head and slight brain bleed, with long-haul travel cancelled as a precaution but is otherwise fit for duty. The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Man dead after suspected failed attack on Brazil Supreme Court ahead of G20
A man killed by explosions outside of Brazil's Supreme Court in Brasilia on Wednesday night is suspected to have been trying to launch an attack.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil's top court ahead of G20
A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders ...Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Annual U.N. summit COP29 kicks off in global effort to fight climate change
The annual United Nations summit known as COP29 kicks off Monday in Azerbaijan. The summit is when nearly 200 countries gather for about two weeks to work on strategies to slow global warming. CBS ...Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
King champions food poverty project on working birthday
The King is spending his 76th birthday opening new hubs to redistribute food which would otherwise be thrown away.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar
Haitian activists are demanding that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country given a surge in gang violence and deepening povertyWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
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Brazilian real slump pressures Lula to take action on spending
Leftwing administration promises fiscal containment measures in effort to calm financial marketsWorld - Financial Times - November 6 -
Mother of British-Egyptian political prisoner goes on hunger strike
Alaa Abdel Fattah is a British-Egyptian national who has spent most of the last decade in jail.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
India’s hunger for fossil fuels drags on its push towards net zero
Growing economy sucks up more electricity than its green sources can provide despite billions invested in solar and wind farmsWorld - Financial Times - November 11 -
Biden arrives in South America for APEC, G20 summits
President Biden is in South America for the final major international summits of his presidency, the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, and the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Isaac Stone Fish, ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Trump victory threatens to throw G20 initiatives into disarray
Argentina veto warning sparks fears conservatives will be emboldened to ditch global deals on climate and taxBusiness - Financial Times - 22 hours ago -
We want 'strong' UK-China relationship, says Starmer
The first in-person meeting since 2018 comes as the PM prioritises shoring up support for Ukraine.Top stories - BBC News - 3 hours ago -
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Biden reiterates support for Ukraine while at G20 Summit
President Biden reiterated support for Ukraine in the war against Russia during the G20 Summit in Brazil. This comes as Russian officials react to Mr. Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use ...Top stories - CBS News - 1 hour ago -
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century. • Poverty figures render government numbers too little and action very late . ...World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago -
Positively Pernambuco – a story of hope in Brazil
A fashion photographer and a teacher shift the focus onto one of Brazil’s most marginalised communitiesWorld - Financial Times - October 24 -
The New Threat to Brazil’s Forests: Chemicals
Authorities use satellites to track deforestation caused by chain saws or fire. Now criminals are using chemicals to degrade trees — and evade detection.World - The New York Times - October 29 -
Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week
Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps as Sudan’s civil war drives huge numbers across border. What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Leading human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike in Chinese prison, family says
Xu is protesting against what he describes as inhumane treatment in prison, including lack of contact with his family. Concerns are growing about the health of Xu Zhiyong, China’s most prominent ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals
Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis. Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two ...World - The Guardian - October 31
