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In this file picture taken on 16 January, 2018 Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts during a meeting with artists at Oi Casa Grande Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazil’s Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, took a break from campaigning Wednesday to marry his fiancee and fellow Workers’ Party member, sociologist ...

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia State, Brazil 28 September 2021

Brazil deforestation shatters April record

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometres of the world's biggest rainforest

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UN to vote on measure pushing states to justify veto use

Around 60 countries have joined Liechtenstein in co-sponsoring the reform, including the United States - a rapid rally of support that caused widespread surprise at the UN

Brazillian Football great Pele

Pele leaves hospital after colon cancer treatment

In February, the ailing Pele spent two weeks in hospital for cancer treatment complicated by a urinary tract infection.

A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken 6 January 2020.

Facebook takes down Brazil environmental disinformation network with ties to military

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Thursday it had removed a network of social media accounts with ties to the Brazilian military that posed as fake nonprofits to play down the dangers of ...

Young footballers on their way to train at the BKSP

11 young Bangladeshi footballers set to train in Brazil

After seeing Brazil’s flags on rooftops everywhere in Dhaka in support of the Brazilian team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the ambassador promised to help Bangladesh football

View of the site of a landslide in which a mother and six of her children were killed, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state, on 2 April, 2022

Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said ...

Aerial view of Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken on 23 March, 2022. Situated at the heart of Rio, Guanabara Bay is one of the most postcard-gorgeous spots on Earth, but urban sprawl has badly damaged it.

Rio launches clean-up of gorgeous, filthy bay -- again

Cold beer in hand, the sun shining, Edson Rocha seems to have everything for a beautiful day at the beach.

Brazil beat Chile 4-0; Uruguay, Ecuador qualify for World Cup finals in Qatar

World Cup qualifier: Brazil rout Chile 4-0

Uruguay and Ecuador secured their spots at the World Cup finals on Thursday, joining Brazil and Argentina as the automatic qualifiers from the South American group.

Brazil sees more opportunities of collaboration with Bangladesh, says top bank CEO

‘Brazil sees more opportunities of collaboration with Bangladesh’

Impressed by Bangladesh’s growth and large-scale infrastructure development, Brazil now wants to engage broadly in agribusiness, trade, micro-finance and infrastructure, says chief executive officer ...

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 433 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now rapidly approaching 433 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe, reports UNB.

Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian defender Marlon

Brazil footballers in Ukraine plead for help to leave

A group of Brazilian footballers who play in Ukraine pleaded for help Thursday in leaving the country, saying Russia's invasion had left them stranded in a Kyiv hotel where they sought refuge

In this file photo taken on 24 November, 2021 Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian striker Neymar warms up ahead of the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England

Neymar 'very keen' on playing in MLS

Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil superstar Neymar has said he would be "very keen" on playing Major League Soccer in the US at the end of his career

People lie in hospital beds outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on 18 February, 2022, as the city faces its worst Covid-19 coronavirus wave to date

Global Covid cases top 421 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 421 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe

Aerial view after a mudslide in Petropolis, Brazil on 17 February, 2022 during the second day of rescue operations

Sirens alert more rain in Brazilian city as 117 die in flood

Ahead of more heavy rain, residents of several neighbourhoods in the devastated Brazilian city of Petropolis were called to evacuate Thursday, just two days after flash floods and landslides killed ...

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