PARIS: Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday.Based on satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and an undercover investigation, the report, titled “Fashion Crimes,” found the companies …
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BRASILIA: Brazilian tourism officials are hoping to change the country’s image as a mere haven for scantily-clad beachgoers by hosting UN climate talks next year in the Amazon rainforest city of Belem that will focus on environmental sustainability and ending deforestation to slow global warming. The summit is expected to …
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In the world of livestock auctions, a new record has been set that has captured the attention of both cattle enthusiasts and the general public alike. A Nelore cow, known by the name of Viatina-19 FIV Mara Imóveis, has become the most expensive cow ever sold, fetching an astonishing 4.8 …
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Researchers who found a giant freshwater turtle fossil discovered in Brazil have named it Peltocephalus maturin after a character in one of Stephen King’s novels. The fossil was “among the largest freshwater turtles ever found,” researchers said in the release of their findings on Wednesday in the British journal Biology …
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SAO PAULO: Brazil on Monday announced it would partner with the world’s biggest financial climate coalition to turbocharge funding for clean energy and efforts to restore nature, such as reforesting the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian development bank BNDES will partner with the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) – a …
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BRUSSELS: The United Arab Emirates, host of last year’s COP28 climate summit, and Azerbaijan and Brazil, the hosts of the next two UN climate summits, said on Tuesday they would team up to push for more ambitious emissions-cutting goals. Preparations for the 2024 and 2025 climate talks are taking place …
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At least seven people lost their lives after a small single-engine plane crashed in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil Sunday, according to officials as authorities were responding to the scene. The plane was flying from Campinas, in neighboring Sao Paulo state, and broke up mid-air and crashed at around …
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Brazilian authorities said Sunday at least seven people were killed in a small plane crash that is said to have broken up in midair in the Minas Gerais state with firefighters responding to the site of the incident. According to international media reports, firefighters said that they have “found seven …
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Workers were just starting construction on a new apartment complex in northeastern Brazil when they began finding human bones and pottery shards, their edges worn smooth by time. Soon, excavations at the site in the coastal city of Sao Luis had uncovered thousands of artifacts left by ancient peoples up …
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared three days of national mourning for four-time World Cup-winning football legend Mario Zagallo, a day after his death at age 92. Zagallo, who played alongside Pele in Brazil’s 1958 and 1962 World Cup-winning teams and later won the trophy as a …
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