By Conor Lennon The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis next ...

Devotees of Afro-Brazilian religions gathered on Rio de Janeiro's storied Copacabana beach on Saturday to honor the sea ...

Brazil will take over the BRICS presidency on January 1st next year and will host the group’s summit for the fourth time.

Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, the Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio ...

It’s perhaps Rio de Janeiro’s hardest trail, featuring one particularly daunting section requiring a perilous scramble that ...

Early in the year, the UN Environment Assembly furnished policy guidance on several critical issues at its sixth session.

Countries including the US successfully resisted Africa’s push for a legally binding drought protocol at the “land COP” in ...

Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The ...

The drying out and degradation of Earth's land is an "existential crisis ... on drought resilience and land restoration. Ahead of the summit, the UNCCD said 1.5 billion hectares (3.7 billion ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The head of global mining group Rio Tinto (RIO.AX), opens new tab, (RIO.L), opens new tab pledged to act if wrongdoing was discovered following the filing of ...

Held in Rio de Janeiro, the U20 summit gathered over 80 mayors and 100 city delegations from G20 nations to explore solutions and craft recommendations for national leaders. Photo: Sébastien ...

Dashcam video has emerged of former NFL head coach Jack Del Rio’s arrest in Wisconsin for OWI. Del Rio, 61, was working as an advisor on the University of Wisconsin football staff in November ...