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Sexism and misogyny called out at first World Cup since #MeToo

Sexism and misogyny called out at first World Cup since #MeToo

21/06/2018

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Child's play for Brazilian toddlers at World Cup

Brazil were back on the training pitch on Monday following their 1-1 draw with Switzerland the day before and some members of the squad brought their family with them to watch the session.

19/06/2018

Sport

Brazil and Switzerland tie 1-1 in their World Cup 2018 debuts

Brazil and Switzerland tie 1-1 in their World Cup 2018 debuts

17/06/2018

Sport

Brazil hoping to continue winning ways against Switzerland

Brazil are hoping to continue their winning ways with opening World Cup matches. The Five-time winners have not lost their first game since 1934.

17/06/2018

Sport

Football hopefuls arrive in Russia ahead of World Cup 2018

The two favourites, Brazil and France arrive in Sochi and Moscow

11/06/2018

Brazil

Brazilian police rescue baby buried alive for seven hours

The fifteen-year-old mother of the baby girl told police she thought the infant had died

10/06/2018

Brazil

Brazilian tennis legend Maria Bueno dies aged 78

She won seven grand titles in the 1950s and 1960s

09/06/2018

World News

Temer cuts fuel price in bid to end trucker strike

The Brazilian president says the government will subsidise a 10 percent cut in the price of diesel as the almost week-long truck drivers' strike brings the country to a standstill.

28/05/2018

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Sao Paulo : Aftermath of a fire

Firefighters and rescue dogs on Wednesday continued to search through smouldering rubble for bodies after an abandoned government building that had been occupied by squatters, caught fire and collapsed in Sao Paulo.

03/05/2018

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Blazing high-rise collapses in Sao Paulo

An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets.

01/05/2018

Brazil

Towerblock collapses in Sao Paulo after fire

Multi-story building plunges to the ground in centre of Brazilian city.

01/05/2018

Sport

Watch: Brazilian 'breaks world record' for biggest wave surfed

Surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the record as he managed to take on the huge swell at the famous Nazaré break in Portugal.

30/04/2018

Brazil

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, begins 12-year sentence

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken into police custody after defying a court order to turn himself to authorities on Friday.

08/04/2018

World News

Brazil's Lula defies court deadline

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva misses a judge's deadline to hand himself in to begin 12-year jail term.

07/04/2018

Brazil

Lula must start 12-year jail term for corruption, rules Brazil's supreme court

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has exhausted all possible appeals.

05/04/2018

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Rio favela marks Good Friday with anti-violence protest

Performers drop to the ground at the sound of a gunshot, others shout "dignity" and "equality" as they run through the crowd gathered to watch the show.

01/04/2018

Brazil

Neymar leaves hospital after 'successful' surgery

The world's most expensive footballer was operated on for a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle. The procedure "went perfectly," according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.

05/03/2018

North Korea

North Korean leaders used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports

Western European security sources disclose photocopies of two Brazilian passports used by Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il.

28/02/2018

Brazil

Brazil's military takes charge of Rio as gang violence spikes

Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree giving the country's military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in response to rising drug gang violence.

18/02/2018

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Sambadrome

Thousands of performers paraded through the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night.

13/02/2018