Topic: Brazil

View from Paris: A puzzling tragedy dawns slowly

President Sarkozy calls Air France Flight 447 an unprecedented "catastrophe."

Missing plane baffles aviation experts

With a good safety record and robust backup systems, the Airbus 330 wouldn't be easily downed by lightning, they say.

World's next big climate pact begins to take shape

This week, negotiators from 182 countries meet in Bonn, Germany to lay the groundwork for a post-Kyoto climate regime.

ECONOMIC SCENE: Why the IMF should lighten up on the world’s poorest nations

The US is culpable for the plight of developing nations. Perhaps it should bear more of the financial burden for helping them.

Brazil: Profiting from insecurity

Scientists solve mystery of missing basking sharks

The River of Doubt

US consumer outlook improves

The dramatic jump in Americans' confidence from 26.9 to 39.2 outpaces improvements in other countries.

Asia, Europe mobilize against spread of swine flu

Governments adopted measures last used during the SARS crisis of 2003.

Climate change forum ABCs

Opinion: Barack Obama and the new place of American power

A new spirit of humility is clearly evident, but will the Obama administration agree to expand the 'Big Five' on the UN Security Council?

Difference Maker People making a difference: Teny Gross

The best way to curb gang violence, says this Providence, R.I., mediator, is to offer help from street workers who've been there themselves.

Brazil stimulus does double duty

New housing replaces slums while creating jobs.

Humble Obama unites Latin leaders

His cooperative tone helped some leaders begin to move beyond historical grudges against the US.

US no longer towers over Latin America

As America became distracted by the war on terror after 9/11, the region sought other partners.

US reaches out to Latin America – with help from Spain

Ahead of the Summit of the Americas, Spain has been quietly bolstering a common transatlantic agenda.

Obama heads to summit touting 'broader partnership'

Summit of the Americas gathers the 34 democratically governed countries of the Western Hemisphere. But communist Cuba threatens to steal some of the spotlight.

US universities expand in the Middle East

Columbia Global Center, just opened in Amman, Jordan, is raising that city's status in the region.

G-20 roundup: US and Europe agree to disagree

The meeting's great success is $1.1 trillion in economic aid for the developing world, but other proposed solutions to the recession were vague.

The quest for energy

A Christian Science perspective.

As G-20 battles protectionism, a cautionary tale in Ecuador

The country has put steep tariffs on an array of goods. Seventeen of the world's 20 largest economies have broken recent promises not to take protectionist measures.

G-20: Strong hand of Angela Merkel

While French and British leaders have been high profile, the low-key German chancellor is getting credit for the summit's regulatory focus.

At G-20 summit, a fragile web of relationships shapes outcomes

The Obama-Hu exchange seemed to go well, while dinner Wednesday night gave Obama and Germany's Merkel a chance to reach greater détente.

Why Brazil is weathering the global financial crisis this time

President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Wednesday before heading to the G-20 summit in Britain.

Sarkozy's red lines for a G-20 summit deal