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3 days ago
Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to football success and fervour, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team.
3 days ago
Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains left at least 25 people dead in two states.
21 Mar
Despite his wide-ranging legal woes, far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro crisscrosses Brazil campaigning, received by rapt crowds seemingly unbothered by claims he helped stoke an attempted coup.
20 Mar
Brazil's justice system on Wednesday will decide whether former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho will serve his nine-year rape sentence, handed down by an Italian court, in the South American country. Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) will examine the Italian request to approve the prison sentence that was imposed in 2017 and…
1 Mar
The Brazilian economy expanded 2.9 percent in 2023 after a fourth quarter of zero growth, according to data released Friday by the IBGE national statistics agency.
26 Feb
Thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro flexed his political muscle and hit out at an election ban that has seen him barred from seeking office for eight years.
8 Feb
Brazilian police carried out dozens of raids Thursday targeting suspects accused of orchestrating an invasion of the seat of power last year, including far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, whose lawyer confirmed he would surrender his passport.
29 Jan
Seven people were killed Sunday in Brazil's southeast Minas Gerais state when the small plane they were travelling in crashed, authorities said.
8 Jan
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will mark the first anniversary Monday of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital last year, with a ceremony in Congress declaring "democracy unbowed."
6 Jan
Brazilian football has lost one of its greatest legends, Mario Zagallo, who was a player and manager for Brazil, has passed away at the age of 92. Zagallo was a five-time World Cup finalist, winning four of them, and he played an instrumental role in Brazil's victories in 1958 and 1962. He was the first…
20 Nov
Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Egypt have indicated interests to participate in the 2023 Calabar Carnival.
27 Oct
IHS Holding Limited has announced a one-year partnership with Limitless Space Institute (LSI) to broaden access space education. Through the collaboration, 20 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educators from Brazil and Nigeria are to be invited for a 12-month Limitless Global Educator Programme for a curated space education curriculum. Delivered by experts from the…

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