Brazil Sentences Soldiers and Officer for Plot to Kill Lula

November 19, 2025 4:47 PM November 19, 2025 4:47 PM

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Brazil Sentences Soldiers and Officer for Plot to Kill Lula

Brazil’s Supreme Court has handed down heavy sentences to three soldiers and a federal police officer accused of plotting to assassinate President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Prosecutors said, the plan aimed to prevent Lula from taking office and keep then-President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his election defeat. The four defendants received prison terms ranging from 21 to 24 years. Bolsonaro was also sentenced to 27 years for allegedly leading the Green and Yellow Dagger conspiracy....

World Leaders Gather in Brazil’s Belem for Global Climate Summit

November 7, 2025 7:52 AM November 7, 2025 7:52 AM

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World Leaders Gather in Brazil’s Belem for Global Climate Summit

Leaders from around the world met at a climate summit in Belem, Brazil, yesterday, voicing concern over a fractured global approach to climate change and criticising the U.S. government’s climate policies.     Ahead of COP30, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations to do more to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighting the urgency of the climate crisis.     The conference city of Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River and on the edge of the world’s largest rainfores...

Shooting: 16-member Indian contingent to take part in ISSF World Cup, starting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

September 14, 2023 2:01 PM September 14, 2023 2:01 PM

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Shooting: 16-member Indian contingent to take part in ISSF World Cup, starting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Olympians Saurabh Chaudhary and Anjum Moudgil will lead a 16-member Indian contingent at the ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting today. The Rio event will be the last rifle and pistol ISSF World Cup in 2023 before the finals in Doha, Qatar, scheduled from 18th to 27th November. Youth Olympic Games gold medallist Chaudhary makes a return to the Indian squad, and will participate in the 10 meter air pistol event in Rio.   Rahi Sarnobat, the Asian G...

UK calls for expansion of UNSC's permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany & Japan as well as African representation

July 4, 2023 9:16 PM July 4, 2023 9:16 PM

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UK calls for expansion of UNSC's permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany & Japan as well as African representation

The UK has called for the expansion of the UN Security Council's permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany and Japan as well as African representation. Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July Ambassador Barbara Woodward's comments came as she briefed UN correspondents on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month. On reform of the UN Security Council, she said UK wants to s...