• BHP ‘doggedly trying to avoid’ responsibility for Brazil dam disaster, English high court hears

    BHP ‘doggedly trying to avoid’ responsibility for Brazil dam disaster, English high court hears
    Largest group lawsuit in English legal history opens over collapse of dam owned by mining firm that killed 19 people The Anglo-Australian mining company BHP has been accused of “cynically and doggedly trying to avoid” responsibility for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster at the opening of the largest group lawsuit in English legal history.The claim for up to £36bn in compensation was opened by lawyers acting for more than 620,000 individuals at the high court in London
  • Brazil president Lula cancels Brics trip to Russia after ‘small brain haemorrhage’ from fall

    Brazil president Lula cancels Brics trip to Russia after ‘small brain haemorrhage’ from fall
    Doctors say president sustained ‘great’ trauma to head and slight brain bleed, with long-haul travel cancelled as a precaution but is otherwise fit for dutyThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday cancelled his trip to Russia for the Brics summit after a fall at home caused a minor brain haemorrhage.In a statement, the presidential office said Lula, 78, would participate via videoconference after receiving medical advice to temporarily avoid long-haul flig

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