A planned Oval Office media availability was pushed back and then canceled altogether without explanation after the two leaders met for several hours behind closed doors on Thursday

A 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, officials said.

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.

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.

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

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

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.