Plans to construct a sprawling port and railway line in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão is sparking concerns among some residents and civil society groups about its potential impact on the ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

SAO PAULO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The final version of the Brazilian tax reform sanctioned on Thursday by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is slightly higher than the one approved by the ...

Like most anyone who lives in the oases at the heart of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, a sprawling field of bone-white sand dunes and cerulean lagoons, Cassio José França Souza can ...

IUCN Even the paragons of the freshwater realm like the Amazon River might “appear mighty,” Patricia Charvet, a biologist at Brazil’s Federal University of Ceará and a co-author of the ...

The discussion follows the Brazilian authorities' demand to investigate an IDF soldier for alleged war crimes. The classified session is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein ...

A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election. Footage of one of Janaína Lima's employees hauling away ...

On Thursday a magistrate judge set Kindle's initial court appearance for Jan. 21 in Salt Lake City. If convicted he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. An attorney has not yet been ...

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:The United Steelworkers union expressed concerns about Nippon Steel's latest proposal that gives the U.S. government veto power over any potential reductions in U.S. Steel's production capacity ...