Opinion

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction.

Speaking about what could risk upsetting growth, he mentioned the threats of steep tariffs.

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.