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China's COVID-19 vaccine trials suspended in Brazil after 'severe incident'

The health regulator in a statement referred to the "incident", that occurred on October 29, without revealing further information

Climate change: A polluter's easy path to the zero emissions club

Countries accounting for about 56% of the world's emissions have now announced or are investigating targets to eliminate their emissions by mid-century

Protests in Brazil support President Bolsonaro in anti-vaccine stance

Groups of protesters gathered in Brazil's two biggest cities to demonstrate against any mandate for the taking of a Covid-19 vaccine, supporting a rejection campaign encouraged by President Bolsonaro

Torrent Pharma Q2 net up 27% despite dip in US and Brazil revenues

Firm's consolidated total revenue for the quarter, however, fell marginally by 0.7% to stand at Rs 2,023 crore

Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho tests positive for Covid-19, asymptomatic

The former Barcelona and Paris St Germain star was in Belo Horizonte in Brazil, where he played for local club Atletico Mineiro, when he got his diagnosis.

Brazil soars to China's No. 3 crude oil supplier in Sept, overtakes Iraq

Saudi Arabia regained the top spot in China's oil purchases last month after losing that rank to Russia for the previous two months, data showed

Brazil reports another 432 Covid-19 deaths, 26,979 new cases in 24 hours

According to the Ministry of Health, 26,979 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 5,380,635

AstraZeneca's volunteer who died didn't get Covid-19 vaccine: Report

Brazil's health authority Anvisa said it had been informed on Monday of the study volunteer's death and had received a partial report from an international committee assessing the trial's safety

Brazil to join OECD in a yr, two thirds of preparatory work done: Official

Guedes also said higher exchange rate risk is a natural consequence of the policy shift over the last 18 months in Brazil to looser monetary conditions and tighter fiscal policy

United States and Brazil must reduce dependence on China imports: Pompeo

"Each of our two peoples will be more secure, and each of our two nations will be far more prosperous, whether that's two or five or 10 years from now," he added

World Coronavirus Dispatch: China finds infection risk in frozen food packs

Brazil's weekly cases lowest in 5 months, New Zealand has first community case in three weeks, Israel eases curbs and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Brazil coronavirus update: Covid-19 death toll nears 150,500-mark

Brazil has said it registered 290 more Covid-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 150,488

Brazil president to meet soy farmers amid oilseeds price inflation

Bolsonaro said he will rely on Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias to arrange the meeting with the growers

Brazil's poor squeezed by less Coronavirus aid, surging food costs

Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty

Brazil coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases in Brazil pass 5 million-mark

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil have passed five million, with deaths in the country approaching 150,000, officials said

World Coronavirus Dispatch: China rolls out vaccine, eyes global market

Beijing is set to expand a programme that administers experimental coronavirus vaccines as Chinese developers chart a risky path to dominating global supplies

Sao Paulo state in Brazil asks approval to use Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine

Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, is one of the sites of Phase III clinical trials for the Sinovac vaccine conducted by the state's Butantan Institute, a leading biomedical research center

Lessons for the world from green transitions in India, China and Brazil

Based on these unexpected clean-energy transitions, researchers have identified three insights relevant across emerging economies

Google to pay publishers in 5 nations $1 bn over 3 years for news content

The internet search giant said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia

BPCL pays up for defaulting Videocon Industries in Brazil oil block

In September 2008, BPCL and Videocon Industries had formed a 50:50 joint venture to acquire a Brazilian oil exploration firm for $283 million