Sao Paulo, Brazil – Attendees have been forced to evacuate the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, after a fire broke out at the venue in Belem, Brazil.

As United Nations climate talks bubble to a critical point, negotiators on Tuesday were pressured to ensure that oil — along with fossil fuels coal and natural gas — won't be burned in the future. Although the conference,

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has appointed Solicitor General Jorge Messias to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the government said in a Thursday statement.

Brazilian officials running high-level United Nations climate talks are readying a preliminary agreement that ignores demands from about 80 nations to further develop plans to transition away from fossil fuels.

About 40 minutes by boat from the Brazilian city of Belem where this year's U.N. climate talks are being held is a community of about 500 residents who are descendants of former slaves.

President Lula's government recognises 10 new Indigenous lands in an effort to protect their culture and environment.

More than 80 nations urge COP30 to adopt a stronger plan for transitioning away from fossil fuels, marking the most coordinated push since countries pledged to shift at COP28 in Dubai.

China imported no soybeans from the U.S. for a second straight month in October even as total imports surged to a record high on purchases from South America, with buyers aiming to avert supply disruptions amid trade tensions with Washington.

College football has yet to hit Brazil, but the NFL made two trips to the country in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers played the first game in São Paolo in September of 2024, while the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers played in the same venue the following season.