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Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrators, through a translator, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside United Nations headquarters, during the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025
Colombian leader’s call to defy Trump amplifies rifts in region
Trump’s confrontational approach to Latin America, which is still scarred by U.S. interventions before and during the Cold War, will be tested in a string of upcoming elections.
Demonstrators protest against a constitutional amendment requiring criminal charges against lawmakers to first get congressional authorization, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Brazilians protest efforts to shield Bolsonaro and lawmakers from courts
The protest follows the ex-president's conviction this month for a coup plot following his 2022 election defeat.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to spend more than a fraction of his 27-year sentence behind bars, legal experts say.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2025
Brazil's Bolsonaro is going to prison, but he might not stay long
The former president was sentenced to 27 years behind bars after the Brazilian Supreme Court found him guilty of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election he lost.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest in Brasília, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Brazil's Supreme Court has convicted Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction
The conviction made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks during a press conference about the Federal Supreme Court trial that could convict his father of attempted coup at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2025
Two Brazil Supreme Court justices vote to convict Bolsonaro for coup attempt
The five-judge panel is one vote away from a majority convicting Bolsonaro of orchestrating an attempted coup to remain in power after his 2022 electoral defeat.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert rushes with the ball during his team's opening-week win over Kansas City on Friday in Sao Paulo.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Sep 6, 2025
Chargers stun Chiefs in Brazil as NFL opens slate of international games
Justin Herbert got the Chargers rolling early and Los Angeles never looked back in beating the rival Chiefs.
Chinese construction workers arrive at their accommodation after working on the construction site of BYD's electric vehicle factory at the Industrial Complex in the city of Camacari, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Jan. 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2025
Chinese investment doubles in Brazil, jumping to No. 3 destination
Brazil and China's leaders met twice in the past year, announcing partnerships in several sectors as the U.S. has put stiff tariffs on products from both nations.
A man harvests coffee beans in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Among other issues, a poor crop yield has caused coffee prices to surge in the country.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 3, 2025
Coffee roasters hike prices in Brazil as raw bean costs surge
The price increases come as the world's top producer of coffee has experienced a poor crop yield and other issues impacting the industry.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is seen inside his house in Brasilia while a trial against him and seven main co-defendants is held at the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Brazil court shrugs off U.S. 'threats' as it mulls Bolsonaro fate
Jair Bolsonaro risks a prison sentence of 43 years if convicted of conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Leaders of the BRICS group during the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 7
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025
BRICS leaders schedule virtual meeting to discuss Trump tariffs
The U.S. has set different tariffs for different BRICS nations, making it difficult for them to agree on a joint statement.
A factory worker makes soybean-based food products in Hefei, Anhui province, China, in 2020. If China doesn’t take U.S. beans, it can just buy from Brazil or Argentina, said a manager at a major Chinese crusher.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2025
China’s soy crushers may be facing a winter without U.S. beans
American farmers say the tariff stalemate between Washington and Beijing leaves them headed toward a financial precipice, but data suggests Chinese buyers are standing pat.
Brazil's Neymar (left) in action with Japan's Yuta Nakayama during a friendly game at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 6, 2022
SOCCER
Aug 27, 2025
Brazil to face Japan and South Korea in October friendlies
The five-time world champions will face Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 14 after playing South Korea in Seoul on Oct. 10..
Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro discusses his efforts to put U.S. pressure on Brazil to halt the trial of his father, right-wing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Washington, on Aug. 14.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2025
Bolsonaro’s family dynasty creaks under pressure of Brazil coup trial
The tariff fight has also given Lula a shot in the arm, allowing the leftist to seize a nationalistic mantle and paint himself as a defender of Brazil.
Brazil players pose for a team group photo before the World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay in Sao Paulo on June 10.
SOCCER
Aug 20, 2025
Brazil nixes red World Cup jersey amid political outcry
The controversy emerged back in April in a press leak that the national side would don red shirts made by Nike for its away jersey in the World Cup next year.
The BTP port terminal at Port of Santos in Santos, Brazil, in 2021. Brasilia stressed the U.S. has consistently run a trade surplus with Brazil and that American firms already enjoy broad access to its market.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2025
Brazil pushes back against U.S. probe into its trade practices
The investigation is seen as an attempt to justify the 50% tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on all Brazilian exports to the U.S., excluding some 700 items.
The Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, under construction in Belem, Brazil, on May 5.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2025
Lula’s plan for COP30 in Amazon risks becoming a logistical mess
With fewer than 100 days to go, Brazil is under fire from countries concerned about a shortage of hotel rooms and soaring accommodation costs.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is trying to build solidarity across the BRICS club of major emerging nations, of which Brazil is a founding member along with Russia, China and India.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Lula speaks with Xi after Modi and Putin amid standoff with Trump
Brazil's president is trying to build solidarity across the BRICS club of major emerging nations, of which Brazil is a founding member along with Russia, China and India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on July 8
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2025
Modi speaks with Lula and plans Xi meeting as ties with U.S. sour
Lula’s government noted that "Brazil and India are, to date, the two countries most affected” by the wave of levies the U.S. has unleashed.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during an interview at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
Lula sees no point in talking tariffs with Trump
"I won't humiliate myself," the Brazilian president says as 50% U.S. tariffs on goods from the Latin American country kicked in.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, departs from the National Congress in Brasilia.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Bolsonaro ordered into house arrest for defying Brazil court
The move came a day after Bolsonaro supporters staged rallies across the country against Brazil’s top court.
A secret no more: Russia and North Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit
A woman visits an exhibition of North Korean art at a museum in Moscow on Monday.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Koizumi and Takaichi continue to lead in LDP presidential race, polls show
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) reacts as former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election Candidate Debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on Sept. 24. Koizumi and Takaichi remain head-to-head in the race, media polls show.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks
The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday, though essential services are still being offered.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha hype as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.

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