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Adidas joins rivals such as Nike and German neighbour Puma in closing its stores in Russia

Business

Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation

Officials in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca accused sportswear giant Adidas of cultural appropriation after the fashion brand debuted sandals similar to a...

AFPAugust 6, 2025

Brazil recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ituna/Itata, a territory in the Brazilian Amazon the size of Sao Paulo, near the village of Ita’aka, seen here

World

Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land

A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community thought...

AFPJuly 23, 2025

Locals in the Philippines' Palawan hope a moratorium will stop a nickel mining boom

World

Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining

A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling’s rice paddy in the Philippines’ Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new...

AFPJuly 1, 2025

New Zealand's parliament has handed record bans to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor

World

New Zealand parliament gives record bans to Maori MPs over haka

New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday handed record-long suspensions to three Indigenous Maori lawmakers who last year staged a protest haka on the debating floor....

AFPJune 5, 2025

David Klassen, one of the founders of the Mennonite community at Masisea in the Peruvian Amazon, poses for a picture with his family

World

Mennonite communities raise hackles in Peruvian Amazon

When they saw men with arrows and machetes bearing down on them, Daniel Braun and other Mennonites living in the Peruvian Amazon fled across...

AFPMay 5, 2025

Entertainment

FNX launches new phone app and streaming service for Native American content

FNX (First Nations Experience) just launched a new pioneering phone app and streaming service for Native American content.

Markos PapadatosApril 9, 2025

Brazilian Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire told AFP he would ask President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to reconsider an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river

World

Brazil chief Raoni says will challenge Lula on Amazon oil project: AFP interview

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth...

AFPMarch 24, 2025