LONDON — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream.

The Brazilian government is deepening its political and economic ties with China and Russia to reduce its dependence on the United States-

The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"

An Indigenous group attended the opening ceremony of the People’s Summit offsite from the COP30 climate conference, while other people walked along the river at sunset in Belem, Brazil. Jose Rivera prayed before an image of the Virgin Mary painted on a tree in Armero,

China is grappling with a glut of soybeans after months of record imports, curbing prospects for U.S. exports despite a recent trade truce that Washington said includes a pledge by Beijing to resume heavy purchases.

Brazilians will head to the polls in October. Candidates will have to win over voters who are tiring of both Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine protection – taking aim in particular at deep-sea mining and Norway’s krill industry.