22/02/2026 |
India, Brazil sign mining pact as Modi targets $20 billion trade in five yearsIndia moved to deepen trade ties with Brazil on Saturday, signing a pact to expand cooperation in mining and minerals as it seeks to meet rising domestic steel demand and support capacity expansion amid a global race for raw materials.
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Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill's Santarem port terminal in BrazilIndigenous protesters have occupied Cargill's Santarem river port terminal in Brazil's Para state and "completely" interrupted operations at the site, the U.S. grain trader said in a statement on Saturday.
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Food aid in Somalia could halt within weeks due to funding shortages, WFP warnsThe U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could grind to a halt by April unless new funding is secured, putting millions of people at risk of worsening hunger.
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26/10/2025 |
Independent left-wing politician Connolly wins Irish presidency in landslideCatherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday in a stinging rebuke to the recently re-elected centre-right coalition
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Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widen outside the southern city.
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UN cybercrime treaty to be signed in Hanoi to tackle global offencesA landmark U.N. cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, is set to be signed in Vietnam's capital Hanoi by around 60 countries over the weekend. Read More |
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07/10/2025 |
Construction still in progress in Belem as Brazil readies to host COP30Heads of state will begin arriving in the Amazon city of Belem in a month for the United Nations climate smmit, but the infrastructure meant to receive them remains unfinished.
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Mexico confirms new screwworm case in northern border state Nuevo LeonMexico's agriculture ministry said on Monday another case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was detected in Nuevo Leon, which borders the United States, marking the state's second confirmed case in about two weeks.
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Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-damRising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods.
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06/10/2025 |
Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in TibetHundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet had been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas.
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