Brazil surpasses 250,000 Covid deaths in one since first case
BRASILIA, Brazil: One year after the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Brazil, Latin America’s biggest country has recorded more than 250,000 deaths...
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Use Amazon fire aid to reforest Europe, Brazil tells G7
BRASILIA, Brazil: The Brazilian Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni shot down an offer of US $22m by G7 countries to contain fires in the Amazon...
$40m aid pledged at G7 summit to extinguish raging Amazon fires
PARIS, France: The seven developed economies of the world pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fight raging wildfires in the Amazon and protect...
Messi banned for three months from international football
The South American Football Federation or Conmebol has banned Argentina captain Lionel Messi from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was...
42 prisoners’ bodies found in Brazil’s jails
Brazilian authorities have found dead at least 42 prisoners at four prisons. The prison where the bodies have been found are located in the northern...
11 people killed in Brazilian bar shootout
SAO PAULO, Brazil: At least 11 people were killed and several others wounded when an armed group stormed a bar in the Brazilian northern city...
Parrot arrested in Brazil for alerting his drug dealer owners to police raid
Police in Brazil arrested a parrot for saving his drug dealer owners by alerting them to a police raid. According to Brazil’s R7 news, police...
Rio 2016: Mother, son set to make history at Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO: A pair of Georgian shooters is set to make history at the Rio Games by becoming the first mother and son to...
Rio 2016: Pele cannot light Olympic Cauldron
Brazilian Football legend Pele will be unable to light the can the Olympic Cauldron in opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Games, going underway Friday....
Brazil blocks Whatsapp application
RIO DE JANEIRO: A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user...