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Brazil's new health minister quits as Prez Bolsonaro grabs reins in coronavirus crisis

Brazil lost its second health minister in a month on Friday, May 15 after President Jair Bolsonaro demanded wider use of unproven anti-malarial drugs to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

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Prison break: Thousands of inmates escape four Brazil jails in riots against coronavirus lockdown

A long stream of 1,350 prisoners were seen breaking out of four Brazilian jails on Monday, March 16 the day before their day-release privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak.

Mar 17, 2020

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Breaking: Brazil's President tests positive for coronavirus, but shows no symptoms

The Brazilian President tested positive for COVID-19 but he has denied the report.

Mar 13, 2020

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Brazil President Bolsonaro loses memory after he slips and falls in bathroom

On speaking about the fall in an interview, the 64-year-old said, "At that moment I lost memory. The following day, this morning, I managed to get back a lot of things and now I am fine. I didn't know, for example, what I did yesterday.

Dec 25, 2019

Brazilian President calls Greta Thunberg a 'brat'; here's what she did next

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's comment came after Greta denounced the killings of indigenous Brazilian people in the Amazon.

Dec 12, 2019

Brazil approves sale of marijuana-based medicines

The decision by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) on Tuesday will take effect in 90 days and will be subject to a review after three years.

Dec 5, 2019

Global temperature rises could bring 'destructive' effects, says UN

The head of the World Meteorological Organization said global temperatures could rise by 3-5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century.

Nov 27, 2019

Brazil creates over 8,41,000 jobs in 10 months

According to the ministry's labour secretariat, the Brazilian economy generated 70,852 jobs in October, the best figure for the month since 2016.

Nov 23, 2019

Fact check: Was a biker run over by speeding car in Bengaluru?

A website called ViralTab reported that the incident took place on the Santos Dumont (SP-075) motorway in the city of Campinas located in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

Oct 21, 2019

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Why did Brazil reject $20 million G7 aid to fight Amazon fires?

President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil was being treated like "a colony or no man's land" and slammed the aid as an attack on the country's sovereignty.

Aug 27, 2019

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Amazon fire: Brazil's indigenous tribe swear to fight for rainforest until last drop of blood

Over 18,000 Mura live in Amazonas state, the largest and best-preserved state in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.

Aug 24, 2019

Lionel Messi banned from international football for 3 months, gets $50,000 fine

The Argentine star was fuming after the Copa America semi-final loss against Brazil which got escalated after he was sent off against Chile.

Aug 3, 2019

WATCH: Woman pushes Brazil 'pop star priest' off stage during live mass

The woman, who is said to have travelled from Rio de Janerio, is reported to be suffering from mental health issues.

Jul 16, 2019

India's higher education student-teacher ratio lower than Brazil, China

Among the eight countries compared, India's student-ratio has turned out to be the lowest - against Sweden's 12:1, Britain's 16:1, Russia's 10:1 and Canada's 9:1.

Jul 14, 2019