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Carlo Ancelotti's debut as Brazil coach ends in lacklustre draw against Ecuador

Carlo Ancelotti's debut as Brazil coach ends in lacklustre draw against Ecuador

Carlo Ancelotti had a lacklustre debut as the new Brazil national team coach as his side were held to a 0-0 draw by Ecuador in the South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday, June 5. The result has already put Ancelotti under pressure after...

Record amounts of Sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea

Record amounts of Sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea

Since 2011, vast blooms of pelagic Sargassum have been invading the tropical Atlantic, piling up on the shores of West Africa and the Caribbean, triggering health concerns and economic headaches for coastal communities. But why does this happen...

Mexico: Manufacturing PMI hits highest reading since December 2024 in May; non-manufacturing PMI rises

Mexico Economic Outlook Continental powerhouse: Mexico is the second-largest economy in Latin America and the fourth-largest in the Americas, with a nominal GDP of over USD 1.5 trillion. Mexico is also the third most populous country in the...

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Announce Return To Riviera Maya, Mexico For Ninth Annual Oceanfront 4-Night Concert Vacation

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Announce Return To Riviera Maya, Mexico For Ninth Annual Oceanfront 4-Night Concert Vacation

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will return to Mexico's Caribbean coastline for the ninth annual "Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Riviera Maya" event, which will take place January 21-24, 2026. The duo will perform three...

How to improve Latin America’s agri-food security in a changing world

How to improve Latin America’s agri-food security in a changing world

New Atlanticist June 5, 2025 • 12:02 pm ET Print this page By Peter Engelke and Ginger Matchett Trade, innovation, and the exchange of people and ideas are fundamental components of today’s global food security system. The Organization for...

Scorched earth: the Kakhovka disaster could trigger a new environmental crisis

Scorched earth: the Kakhovka disaster could trigger a new environmental crisis

On 6 June 2023, Russian forces blew up the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine’s Kherson region. The explosion unleashed catastrophic flooding across 620 square kilometres, inundating parts of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk...

Agriculture Leads Colombia’s Economic Growth in Early 2025

Agriculture Leads Colombia’s Economic Growth in Early 2025

The agriculture sector continues to play a pivotal role in Colombia’s economic recovery, emerging as a key driver of national growth in the first quarter of 2025. According to the latest quarterly GDP report from the National Administrative...

Ship on aid trip to Gaza saves 4 at sea Brazil files charges in ‘22 deaths of 2 Storms force Ryanair landing; 9 injured Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj

Ship on aid trip to Gaza saves 4 at sea Brazil files charges in ‘22 deaths of 2 Storms force Ryanair landing; 9 injured Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj

Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia -- Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as they embarked on a day of worship under a scorching sun during the Hajj in Saudi...

Pollution-Proof Your Hair: Benefits Of Henna Cream In Urban Environments

Pollution-Proof Your Hair: Benefits Of Henna Cream In Urban Environments

While many cities across the world have reported alarming levels of pollutants in the air, children, youngsters, elderlies and pregnant women are the worst to be impacted. The major focus has been on the negative impact it has created on the...

Luis Diaz makes major admission as Liverpool fight to keep Colombian star

Luis Diaz makes major admission as Liverpool fight to keep Colombian star

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Increased costs push Caribbean Assurance into loss

Increased costs push Caribbean Assurance into loss

CAB ,following a massive capacity-building initiative started in late 2023, sought to develop a robust technology-based infrastructure and human resource development. Significant investments in people and systems have pushed Caribbean Assurance...

Students honor Mexican heritage and humanity through mariachi and folklorico

Students honor Mexican heritage and humanity through mariachi and folklorico

Amid a procession of bandas, Latin horses and lowriders, folklorico dancers are a crowd favorite at Mount Vernon’s Cinco de Mayo procession. Dozens of brightly-dressed young women swirl in sync with the high school marching band, mesmerizing...

The reaches, limits and (alleged) biases of feasibility studies and environmental licenses

The reaches, limits and (alleged) biases of feasibility studies and environmental licenses

In the last 20 years, EIA has become a factor already incorporated into the strategic planning of countries, where the potential trade-offs arising from environmental and social impacts are of great importance. This is how public consultations...

India’s Clean Energy Expertise Fuels South America’s Bioeconomy: Praj Industries to Collaborate with Enersur S.A. For a Biorefinery Project in Paraguay

India’s Clean Energy Expertise Fuels South America’s Bioeconomy: Praj Industries to Collaborate with Enersur S.A. For a Biorefinery Project in Paraguay

Pune, Maharashtra, India: Enersur S.A., one of Paraguay’s foremost renewable energy companies has selected Praj Industries for its next major project. Praj, a global leader in bioeconomy-driven process solutions, will support the development,...

Brazil Prosecutors Move to Halt $180M Amazon Carbon Deal

Brazil Prosecutors Move to Halt $180M Amazon Carbon Deal

Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a $180 million carbon credit agreement between the Amazonian state of Pará and an international climate finance group, arguing that the state failed to properly consult...

Petrobras seeks to make Africa its top exploration focus outside Brazil

Petrobras seeks to make Africa its top exploration focus outside Brazil

Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, plans to make Africa its main growth market outside Brazil, according to the company’s CEO, Magda Chambriard. In an interview with Reuters, Chambriard revealed that Ivory Coast has granted Petrobras...

Business News | HCLTech Grant Americas Second Edition Awards $1 Million to Three NGOs to Create Scalable Solutions to Combat Climate Change

Business News | HCLTech Grant Americas Second Edition Awards $1 Million to Three NGOs to Create Scalable Solutions to Combat Climate Change

PRNewswire New York [US] / Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 6: HCLTech (NSE: HCLTECH.NS) (BSE: HCLTECH.BO), a leading global technology company, announced Osa Conservation as the winner and Daily Acts and Ocean Wise as the two runners-up of the...

Brazil’s Lula calls on France to ratify MERCOSUR trade deal with EU

Brazil’s Lula calls on France to ratify MERCOSUR trade deal with EU

During a visit to Paris, Lula called on President Emmanuel Macron to approve the agreement without further delay. “I will assume the presidency of MERCOSUR on June 6. I want to tell you that I will not leave the MERCOSUR presidency without...

Venezuela, Popular Power and Coffee

Venezuela, Popular Power and Coffee

Venezuelan communes are fighting fierce competition and diesel shortages to produce coffee. (Venezuelanalysis) In a remote part of Sanare, a municipality in Northeast Venezuela, 18 communes got together to form the Indirect Social Property Company...

Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks

Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia saw a 33% drop in deforestation in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the environment ministry said Thursday, citing stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental...

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