Brazil’s Cattle Tag Revolution: Can Traceability Save the Amazon—and Its Beef?

In the sweltering pastures of Pará, cowhands fasten bright ear tags onto restless cattle while Brazil’s billion-dollar beef industry faces a reckoning. Global buyers now demand proof that steaks aren’t carved from felled rainforest. Traceability...

Italian fashion days land in Brazil

"Italy is Fashion - The Days of Italian Fashion in the World" lands in Brazil from Oct. 10 to Nov. 14, with events planned in Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The initiative, launched by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and...

The Role of Youth in Developing Science for Action

Today’s youth and future generations will have to live with the long-term consequences of climate change, which makes their engagement in climate and weather science a matter of both equity and urgency. WMO’s response has been to empower and...

Paris Agreement working but too slowly to prevent dangerous global heat, scientists warn

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As Brazil readies for COP30 climate talks, finance ministers offer plan for $1.7 trillion in yearly finance

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA - A group of 35 finance ministers laid out suggestions on Oct 15 for scaling climate finance to US$1.3 trillion (S$1.7 trillion) a year, a key demand by developing nations ahead of 2025’s COP30 talks in Brazil. In the...

Visiting international research students ‘great ambassadors for Western’

Osmany Hernandez Cruz will never forget his first night in London, Ont. in 2019. Far from his home in Holguín, Cuba, dressed in a light jacket and jeans, he could barely catch his breath in the bitter cold. Osmany Hernandez Cruz (Submitted) “When...

HoneyNaps Concludes a Meaningful Participation at World Sleep 2025 -- Global Spotlight on AI Sleep Medicine Technology

Six contracts signed — business expansion accelerates across Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East FDA-approved AI PSG Auto-scoring solution SOMNUM recognized for high clinical applicability Company pursues global partnerships and medical...

Ofala Festival: In Bridging Tradition and Technology, Globacom is Taking Nigeria’s Heritage on Global Stage

In an age where digital connectivity shapes the world’s cultural narratives, Globacom has emerged as a powerful bridge between heritage and modernity ensuring that even as Nigeria celebrates its cultural past, it remains digitally connected to the...

Trump-China trade clash threatens Brazil wilderness

The humble soybean is in the middle of a geopolitical tangle that spans three continents and threatens to devour the world's largest tropical savanna. At issue is China's enormous appetite for soybeans, millions of tons a year, mainly for cooking...

India, Brazil reaffirm defence partnership, seek to expand collaboration in trade of defence products

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Defence Minister Jose Mucio Monteiro Filho in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, underscoring the growing...

​​Brazil forms working group to draft offshore wind power regulations

Brazil has established a working group to draft regulations for the development of offshore wind power, the government announced. The regulations will define site selection criteria, financial and technical qualification requirements, sanctions...

Brazil's climate paradox... black gold, green promises

Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise? Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva thinks so. He is pushing for more oil exploration, including offshore from the Amazon rainforest, while casting himself as a global...

The enormous impact of biotechnology in agriculture

WITH the recent typhoons this year and the El Niño in 2024, the writing on the wall is very clear: Philippine agriculture must accelerate adoption of technologies to increase productivity and attain resiliency, and lift more farmers out of...

Pharmaceutical access in Brazil: challenges and opportunities

We conducted a comprehensive literature review and collected data from government databases to characterize the current state of the Brazilian pharmaceutical market. Our description covered population health issues, health system characteristics,...

Tech Mahindra Q2 net profit down, revenue grows 5%

Tech Mahindra reported 4.4 per cent on-year fall in Q2 net profit owing to a one-time exceptional gain for sale of land last year, while revenue increased 5 per cent. Its EBITDA for the quarter rose 23.8 per cent on year. The software company...

President Ilham Aliyev ratifies education cooperation agreement with Brazil -

The “Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Education between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil,” signed in the city of Brasília on September 1, 2025, was ratified, APA reports....

GITEX Expands to India and Brazil as UAE Tech Brand Goes Global

GITEX Expands Global Footprint GITEX, the UAE’s premier technology and artificial intelligence exhibition, is set to expand its reach with new events in India and Brazil. This initiative aims to connect some of the world’s fastest-growing digital...

India-Brazil defence ties: Rajnath Singh, Brazilian Defence Minister stress security, innovation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Defence Minister José Múcio Monteiro Filho to deepen strategic and defence cooperation. Singh highlighted India and Brazil’s shared vision as large...

DOF Group Announces Two Long-Term Contracts in Brazil

Following the same competitive tender process that resulted in the contract awards of Skandi Achiever, Skandi Carla, Geoholm and Skandi Salvador on the RSV 2024 tender, Skandi Chieftain and Skandi Olympia have also been awarded 4-year charters...

GCU research team aiming to teach autonomous cars how to ‘see’ clearly

Luciano Albuquerque, electrical and computer engineering chair, displays a frequency modulated continuous wave radar module prototype, which he and his students are working on to aid self-driving cars and automotive radar systems. It’s raining....