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FILE - In this April 3, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama walks through a solar array at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to speak about clean energy. The growth of renewable energy outpaced that of fossil fuels in the electricity sector last year, with a record 135 gigawatts of capacity added from wind, solar, hydropower and other natural sources, a new study shows. The annual report released early Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Europe by Paris-based REN21, a non-profit group that promotes renewable energy, underscored how China, the world&#8217;s top consumer of coal, has become a global leader in clean energy, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama vows U.S. will triple renewable energy by 2030

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama took Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (second from right) on a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Ms. Rousseff's trip is also taking place as the world's seventh-largest economy is falling into recession, struggling to balance its national budget and desperately seeking foreign investment. (Associated Press)

Dilma Rousseff puts spying spat aside, seeks economic aid for Brazil on U.S. visit

By Denise Chrispim Marin - Special to The Washington Times

In this May 13, 2015 photo, Brazilian actresses perform on the set of the Brazilian prime-time soap opera, &quot;The Ten Commandments&quot; at a RecNov studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Set in ancient Egypt and loosely based on the story of Moses, “The Ten Commandments” is billed as Brazil’s first Biblical soap opera. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Biblical soap opera enjoying ungodly success in Brazil

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has sat atop soccer's ruling body for five terms and faces a tough vote Friday to keep his position. (Associated Press)

FIFA scandal highlights culture of corruption in World Cup, Olympics bidding

By Nate Madden - The Washington Times

One of ambulances carrying the bodies of Australian death-row prisoners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran arrives at a funeral home in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia executes 8 drug convicts; Filipino given reprieve

By Tatan Syuflana - Associated Press

The feast of events in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall begins Thursday, when Maestro Jesus Lopez-Cobos, a native of Spain, conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in a program of "fado" or folk music that defines the people of Iberia and their culture. rule (Associated Press)

Kennedy Center celebrates the culture from the Iberian peninsula

By Emily Cary - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Miraflores presidential press office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of Brazil's reelected President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2015. The meeting came two weeks after President Barack Obama signed legislation to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials accused of violating human rights. Last week, Maduro accused the U.S. of waging a war to destroy the South American country&#8217;s socialist revolution. (AP Photo/Miguel Angulo, Miraflores Presidential Office) **FILE**

Biden, Venezuela’s Maduro discuss improving relations

By Josh Lederman and Hannah Dreier - Associated Press

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Source: Jornal da Cidade - Bauru, Brazil
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CHARLES ORTEL: Brazil stock equities risky bargain even at low market value

By Charles Ortel

Tourism Ministry removes fake photos of Rio bay

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff gives her acceptance speech during a press conference in a hotel in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Official results showed Sunday that President Rousseff defeated opposition candidate Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, and was re-elected Brazil's president. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s re-elected leader Dilma Rousseff faces house divided

By Brad Brooks - Associated Press

United States' Landon Donovan celebrates his teammate Mix Diskerud's goal in the first half of an exhibition soccer match against Ecuador in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Donovan was making his last international soccer appearance. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Landon Donovan still upset by World Cup snub as he bows out with U.S. national team

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

A floodlight illuminates the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, from where the newly elected pope will salute the crowd, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

First woman appointed to a Vatican congregation joyful

By Andrea Gagliarducci - Catholic News Agency