The Daily Populous

Brazilian environmentalists have celebrated a timely victory after the country’s supreme court ruled for the reactivation of the Amazon Fund, a major weapon in the country’s fight against deforestation.

The fund was paralysed in 2019 when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two of its key committees, citing unspecified irregularities.

“The Amazon Fund is the biggest fund for the protection of forests ever created,” said Tasso Azevedo, one of its architects and now technical coordinator for the Climate Observatory, a Brazilian NGO. »

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is the winner of the Arizona Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating Blake Masters, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump.

“Thank you to the people of Arizona for re-electing me to the United States Senate,” Kelly said in a statement.

Kelly and Masters broke even with white voters but Kelly carried the state's large Latino electorate by 18 points, assuring his victory. »

Trump is becoming isolated as he fumes about the midterm results, CBS reporter Robert Costa said.

Several in his inner circle said they avoid him as he rants and lashes out at his rivals.

After the expected Republican "red wave" failed to materialize during the midterms, Trump has received rare criticism from within his party. »

We are intentionally trying to be provocative without being escalatory,” Special Operations Command Europe’s Lt. Col. Lawrence Melnicoff told Stars and Stripes ahead of Wednesday’s launch.

“We’re trying to deter Russian aggression, expansionist behavior, by showing enhanced capabilities of the allies.”.

They’re all part of U.S. European Command’s Atreus program, which aims to expand military options for allies. »