Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought, is outpacing deforestation.

Neymar will be on Brazil’s preliminary squad list for the World Cup . The information comes from journalist Diogo Dantas, of the newspaper O Globo. Head coach Carlo Ancelotti will submit the 55 names next Monday (11). The final squad announcement will be made the following Monday (18).

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, May 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Azul expects a hit of about 1 billion reais ($204.15 million) from higher jet fuel prices this year, but believes it is better positioned than peers to absorb the impact after a recent restructuring,

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

The two fatalities were female staff members who died at the scene. Another staff member and a student were injured by gunfire and taken to a hospital.

The bulk of interest-rate cuts in Brazil is likely to come only after October elections, according to former Central Bank director Bruno Serra.

By any measure, Alisson is elite. Following Liverpool’s 2019 Champions League triumph, the 33-year-old swept the goalkeeping awards and finished seventh in voting for the Ballon d’Or, an award only won once by a goalkeeper—and only four other times by defenders since first being awarded in 1956.

Brasilía moved to cut the working-week to five days from the current six, becoming the latest Latin American country to push for improved worker conditions.