Brazil's Senate accused President Jair Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity for his handling of the pandemic. It has asked state prosecutors to indict him, though that is unlikely to happen.
Democrats have been feverishly trying to finalize a big spending package with social programs and climate change measures before President Biden leaves on an overseas trip Thursday.
A Senate panel recommends a number of other charges against the Brazilian president, including inciting an epidemic. But the chances that Jair Bolsonaro will be indicted look slim.
Most Americans want the government to tackle climate change, but decades of industry lobbying and misinformation have repeatedly worked together to prevent meaningful action.
The drug, known as molnupiravir, has shown promise in treating the disease. The agreement to license its production could help millions of people in the developing world gain access to it.
Earlier this year, a lower court judge refused an American request to extradite Assange on spying charges over WikiLeaks' publication of secret military documents a decade ago.
Ebrahim Raisi's remarks stopped short of assigning blame for the attack, which rendered useless the government-issued electronic cards that many Iranians use to buy subsidized fuel at the pump.
Climate change is hitting many developing countries hard. In Uganda, one climate activist worries that the upcoming international climate talks won't protect her home.
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The activist hedge fund, with a stake worth well over $500 million, is pushing the oil giant to separate into two companies to attract investors as many flee stocks seen as environmentally unfriendly.
Federal Trade Commission staffers have begun looking into disclosures that Facebook’s internal company research had identified ill effects from its products, according to people familiar with the matter.
The deal comes days after Hertz, which has emerged from pandemic-induced bankruptcy, said it was making a significant investment in an electric-vehicle rental fleet.
Ahead of the Glasgow COP26 climate summit, ship operators are contending with limited supplies of cleaner fuel choices and hefty prices for new modes of power.
Orders for goods such as appliances, computers and cars decreased in September for the first time since spring, as manufacturers continued to confront higher material costs and parts and labor shortages.
The plan would eliminate billionaires’ ability to defer capital-gains taxes indefinitely, and it would impose multibillion-dollar tax bills on people such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who has criticized the plan.
Five laborers tried to sneak into Malaysia to escape low-paying work in Indonesia, and tens of thousands of workers are similarly desperate, a labor-rights group says.
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