(2024-11-22). Bolsonaro faces potential charges for role in coup attempt. america.cgtn.com 
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is facing new legal troubles, after federal police say they've concluded that the right-wing politician and his allies attempted to stay in power after his failed re-election bid in 2022, via a coup attempt. Bolsonaro is already barred from running for office until 2030, the result of a previous case finding him guilty of election interference. Now this case could result in jail time. Paulo Cabral has the story from Brasilia.
(2024-11-22). Brazil and China sign a historic round of agreements. peoplesdispatch.org During Xi Jinping's latest visit to Brazil for the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, China and Brazil signed 37 documents, including memoranda, agreements, plans, protocols and letters of intent. This is more than twice as many agreements that were signed last year during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to Beijing in April 2023 wherein 15 agreements were signed. | The first on the list of agreements was to expand the partnership between the two countries. Strategic partnerships are an important feature of Chinese foreign policy. Brazil was the first country in the world to have such a partnership wi…
(2024-11-22). Global experts pool wisdom for better people-to-people connectivity in Nanning. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Forum on People-to-people Connectivity kicked off on Friday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, aiming to pool wisdom and strength to promote high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
(2024-11-22). Mass protests against New Zealand's effort to weaken MƒÅori rights — and hurt the planet. grist.org 
Earlier this week, tens of thousands of people converged on Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament in a show of solidarity against a legislative onslaught against Indigenous rights. | They had marched peacefully for nine days, in what MƒÅori peoples call hƒ´koi, in an effort to stop the country's new right-wing government from forcing through a bill that would dilute Indigenous influence on the government by reinterpreting one of its founding documents. | "MƒÅori have been here, we are going to be here forever. You're never going to assimilate us," said Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn, o…
(2024-11-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Battling barriers to transplant surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each year, there are thousands of people waiting for a kidney or liver transplant in the U.S. Some of those transplant candidates are living with diabetes, high blood pressure or obesity, which can sometimes complicate transplant surgery. Dr. Shennen Mao, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon, offers advice on preparing patients for the lifesaving operations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/12Ec8VFBBJU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2024-11-22). Mass shooting victims and families sue Colorado nightclub. america.cgtn.com 
Two years ago on Nov. 19, a man opened fire at a nightclub in Colorado, killing five people and injuring 19 others. Now, shooting victims and families have sued the club's owners and law enforcement, saying they could have prevented the tragedy. CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
(2024-11-22). US Military, Green Lighted by Biden Admin. to Attack Russia in Coming Weeks. pressenza.com Introduction | The following article is written in the form of a short letter to members of the US Democratic Party. | Hey Fellow Democrats, | The current US president, the one we voted for, is openly attempting to start a World War with a month left in his term. The AMERICAN military has just been green lighted by the Biden administration to operate long range rockets into Russia.(1)(2) Meanwhile Russia has, as of yesterday, upped its nuclear arsenal's readiness level to 100%.(3) That's the highest level in its history. If the US forces a war to start with Russia, we will be at war with China as well. | I ask yo…