President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to combat organized crime in Brazil.

The White House has imposed a total tariff rate of 50% on Brazilian products, citing the criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of his life, Welton de Franca has fished like his father before him among these rocks on one of the largest tributaries in the Amazon Basin.

Brazil ended Canada’s run at the FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup on Saturday, winning their quarterfinal via penalty shootout.

Brazil’s government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a decade, helped by stronger enforcement and monitoring.

The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil's history killed at least 121 people, authorities said, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight.

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Kate Abnett BRASILIA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation for their delegations at the COP30 climate summit just a week before it opens,