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Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva addressing the National Congress
ABr / Jose Cruz
2024-12-11, The Jakarta Post
Brazil's 79-year-old PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in "stable" condition after emergency surgery Tuesday for an intracranial hemorrhage and should...
Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and aides over alleged 2022 coup attempt
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after giving testimony over the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings, at Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 26, 2023
AP / Gustavo Morteno
2024-11-22, Wtop
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in...
UN chief urges G20 'leadership' on stalled climate talks
Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.
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2024-11-18, Urdu Point
<p>Rio de Janeiro, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 18th Nov, 2024) UN Secretary-GeneralAntonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio...
India Celebrates Inaugural World Meditation Day2024-12-21
International Business Times: Indian missions worldwide celebrated the inaugural WorldMeditation Day on Saturday, underscoring the transformative power of meditation for mental and physical well-being. This global event, held on the Winter Solstice, was a testament to the universal appeal...
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest2024-12-21
Telegraph Herald: SAO PAULO — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. ......
Palmeiras signs Uruguayan winger Torres2024-12-21
China.dot.org: RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Palmeiras has completed the signing of Uruguay international winger FacundoTorres from Orlando...
The 10 Architectural Sites You Should See in São Paulo2024-12-20
New York Times: These buildings and places capture the city’s playful approach to concrete-and-asphalt Modernism. ......
AP News Summary at 4:28 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: At least 2 dead and 68 hurt after a car drives into a GermanChristmas market in a suspected attack BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas...
Humans arrived in Americas earlier than previously thought, co-existed with mastodons, researchers believe2024-12-20
The Oregonian: SAO PAULO — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon...
AP News Summary at 3:51 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: At least one killed and 50 injured after a car drove into a GermanChristmas market, official says BERLIN (AP) — The deputy mayor of the Germany city of Magdeburg says at least one person was killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy...
AP News Summary at 3:31 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: A car drives into a Christmas market in Germany in what authorities suspect was an attack BERLIN (AP) — A car has plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, injuring an unknown number of people in what authorities said...
AP News Summary at 3:14 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany BERLIN (AP) — A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. Officials said they suspected it was an attack and that people were...
AP News Summary at 2:25 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: HouseGOP floats new plans to prevent government shutdown with just hours to go WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering toward a midnight government shutdown, House SpeakerMike Johnson is proposing a new plan. It would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster...
Brazil's Congress passes fiscal package, government plays down changes to the measures2024-12-20
Straits Times: SAO PAULO - Brazil's Congress...
AP News Summary at 2:04 p.m. EST2024-12-20
The Call: HouseGOP floats new plans to prevent government shutdown with just hours to go WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering toward a midnight government shutdown, House SpeakerMike Johnson is proposing a new plan. It would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster...
Monthly Portfolio Investments Report (Form NPORT-P) (Ashmore Funds)2024-12-20
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Four-ton mega-sloths with flesh-rending claws ‘lived alongside humans for 10,000 years…& we used their bones ...2024-12-20
The Sun: FOUR-ton mega-sloths with flesh-rendering claws lived alongside humans for 10,000 years, new research has found. The 20ft tall meat eating beasts were thought to have been wiped out quickly when humans made it to the Americas. APHumans are now thought to have...