Latest Rio de Janeiro News

Double Olympic champ Alistair Brownlee retires from triathlon

Nov. 21, 2024 12:45 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee announced his retirement from triathlon at the age of 36 on Thursday. Brownlee won gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, with his younger brother, Jonny, making the podium on both occasions. The siblings'...

Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up the G20

Nov. 19, 2024 23:57 PM EST

LA PAZ, Boliva (AP) — Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump and other global far-right...

Lula urges G20 members to take action to slow global warming

Nov. 19, 2024 17:42 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's president opened the second day of a meeting of the world's 20 major economies Tuesday by calling for more action to slow global warming, saying developed nations must speed up their initiatives to reduce harmful emissions. President Luiz Inácio Lula...

Biden appeals to world leaders to stay in the climate fight as Trump casts shadow

Nov. 19, 2024 15:05 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Joe Biden made an urgent appeal to fellow world leaders Tuesday to surge money to developing nations to curb climate change as he wrapped up his final appearance at a major international summit. Biden used the closing day's events at the Group of 20...

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

Nov. 18, 2024 20:27 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro produced a joint declaration Monday that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group's members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global...

Photo-shoot fail: Biden, Trudeau miss traditional photo with world leaders at G20

Nov. 18, 2024 17:33 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Joe Biden inadvertently was a missing man in the traditional photo of world leaders at the final Group of 20 summit of his presidency Monday, a photo-shoot fail that U.S. officials attributed to timing. Instead, Biden and Canadian Prime Minister...

Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people

Nov. 14, 2024 18:35 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil launched what it called a social summit Thursday ahead of next week's Group of 20 meeting of top economies, the first such event focused on drawing civil society input ahead of the main annual summit. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said 40,000 people...

Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?

Nov. 08, 2024 06:54 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global efforts to fight climate change stumbled but survived the last time Donald Trump was elected president and withdrew the United States from an international climate agreement. Other countries, states, cities and businesses picked up some of the slack. But...

Vinci Partners: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 07, 2024 19:54 PM EST

LEBLON-RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — LEBLON-RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. (VINP) on Thursday reported profit of $7.6 million in its third quarter. The Leblon-Rio de janeiro, Brazil-based company said it had net income of 14 cents per share....

Petrobras: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 07, 2024 19:48 PM EST

RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR, Brazil (AP) — RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR, Brazil (AP) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras (PBR) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $5.87 billion. On a per-share basis, the Rio De Janerio Rj Br, Brazil-based company said it had net income of 92 cents....