Brazil is rolling out its fifth Eco Invest auction with a $10 billion price tag, its largest green funding push so far. The government plans to split the money across six hot sectors: clean fertilizers, battery minerals, green fuels, smart factory tech, eco-friendly chemicals, and recycling old wast
Spain’s top judges just hit the pause button on a new nationwide sign-up system for holiday flats listed online. The system, pushed through last summer, would have forced every owner to register their property before posting it on sites like Airbnb. But several regions argued the central government
Spain’s top leader will watch his country play in Mexico later this month, a trip that comes just after he admitted Spain’s colonial past caused real harm. The Mexican president had refused to invite him to her swearing-in earlier this year because Spain’s king didn’t say sorry fast enough. Now, aft
Brazil’s government just rolled out a $2. 2 billion program to fight powerful gangs like Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho. The plan puts federal and local teams under one roof, aiming to cut crime financing, upgrade prisons, solve murders better, and lock down borders. It’s not just
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has put the brakes on a bill that would have drastically shortened the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The justice ruled that the bill, which aimed to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence down to just over two years, cannot take effe
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is heading to Washington for talks with U. S. President Donald Trump, focusing on two major issues: cracking down on organized crime and sorting out trade rules. Brazil’s finance minister confirmed the meeting, calling it a chance to strengthen ties afte
Brazil’s president plans to push for stronger ties with the U. S. this week, focusing on a shared battle against organized crime. Vice President Geraldo Alckmin highlighted the upcoming talks, stressing that both nations can work together to weaken crime networks that cross borders. The meeting betw
Brazil’s health system faces a common problem: turning scientific studies into everyday care. A new effort called Grand Challenges Brazil tries to fix this by taking ideas that work elsewhere and fitting them into the country’s own context. The project studies what helps or hinders this “knowl
Brazil has suddenly blocked popular prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, raising questions about why these sites got caught in the crosshairs. The government claims they were violating betting laws passed by Congress, but critics wonder if the crackdown is really about protecting traders—o
Brazil’s competition watchdog is digging deeper into whether Google unfairly benefits from news articles in its search results. The regulator, known as CADE, decided to reopen an old case that started in 2019. Back then, they looked at how Google collects and displays news snippets without always co
