Brazil spent months flying under the radar as Donald Trump upended global trade. Now that it’s in the spotlight, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may stand to benefit from the attention. Hours after the US president threatened to hit Brazil with 50% tariffs, the leader known universally as Lula announced that, rather than rush…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has lauded his country’s growing ties with Brazil as at their “best in history”, as both nations brace for a battle with the US over trade and the global order. Meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for talks on Saturday ahead of the Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro,…
STORY: :: Rio de Janeiro’s National History Museum reopens after a destructive fire in 2018 :: June 30, 2025 :: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :: Andrea Costa, National Museum Deputy Director “The opening of this exhibition is especially important because it will be the first time since the fire that the public will be able…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not travel to Brazil for the BRICS Summit scheduled for early next month. Although there is no official announcement yet, media reports suggested that Xi plans to skip the BRICS Summit, which, if confirmed, will be his first-ever absence from the meeting of the bloc…
There are speculations that Brazil president’s invitation to PM Modi for a state dinner following the Brics Summit may have led China’s Xi to pull out read more In a first, Chinese President Xi Jinping might skip the upcoming Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro; and the speculations have already caused frustration among Brazilian officials….
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend next week’s Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, marking his first-ever absence from the gathering of leading emerging economies, the Post learned from multiple sources on Tuesday. According to officials familiar with the matter, Beijing told the Brazilian government that Xi had a scheduling conflict. Instead, Premier Li…
(Corrects spelling of name in fourth paragraph) RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Two months away from what she says is her 120th birthday, Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognized as the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records….
Brazilian financial-technology company Nu Holdings Ltd. is considering plans to shift its legal base to the UK, in a move that would mark a major win in Britain’s push to encourage more tech companies to move to the country. The digital challenger bank has been working with the British government on the plans, which were…
By Eduardo Baptista and Lucinda Elliott RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping met with Argentine President Javier Milei on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, Chinese state television CCTV reported. It was the first meeting between the two leaders, marking an about-face in Milei’s…
Several world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro seized the opportunity to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who returned to the global stage after skipping last year’s gathering in India. Before attending the group’s scheduled meetings at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Xi held bilateral talks with…