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Rescuers worked overnight into Saturday searching for around 300 people missing after a dam collapse. (Photo:Twitter)

Dam collapse in Brazil kills 9 people, around 300 missing

Seven bodies were recovered Friday hours after the disaster, which saw a torrent of mud break through the disused dam.

26 Jan 2019 12:31 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro also has accused Maduro of being a dictator

Venezuela's Maduro brands Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'modern Hitler'

He and Bolsonaro have been exchanging barbs since the Brazilian won elections at the end of last year

15 Jan 2019 12:43 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Man urinating on another in carnival; Brazil President criticised for...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sparked shock by tweeting a video showing a man urinate on another during annual...

7 March 2019 11:14 AM IST

$Rather than waiting to respond to a famine after many have already died, the tech firms, including Amazon, \will use the predictive power of data to trigger funding\ to take action before it becomes a crisis, the World Bank and UN announced. (Representational image/ Photo: AFP)$ Technology

Amazon.com should share web domain name rights, Brazil says

The proposal would give Amazon.com the chance to show Amazon countries and public opinion that it is a fully...

4 April 2019 4:29 PM IST

The arrests included 56 people suspected of killing someone in an act of domestic violence or of gender-based discrimination. (Photo:AP)

Almost 1000 murder suspects arrested in Brazil police drill

In each state, police shared real-time updates of their work on social media, including photos and videos.

29 May 2019 10:43 AM IST

The bar where the shooting took place is in a neighbourhood which got police reinforcements in March to fight crime. (Photo:Youtube SG)

11 killed in bar shooting in Brazil; say officials

Gunmen killed at least 11 people in a bar in northern Brazil on Sunday, officials said.

20 May 2019 9:54 AM IST

The Supreme Federal Court (STF), which voted eight to three in favor of the measure, classified homophobia as a crime similar to racism. (Photo: AFP)

Brazil Supreme Court criminalizes homophobia

Acts of racism, and now acts of 'homotransphobia' in Brazil face one to three years in prison or a fine.

14 Jun 2019 12:10 PM IST

Huawei would spend $2 billion as part of efforts to address security issues raised in a British government report earlier this year. (Photo: AP)

Brazil will not bar Huawei from 5G network

The United States has asked countries to reject Huawei technology in the development of new mobile phone networks.

8 Jun 2019 12:21 PM IST

A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazils government struggles to control the countrys overcrowded jails. (Photo: AFP)

At least 57 inmates killed, several beheaded in bloody clash in Brazil...

Most of the dead died in the fire, they said, while two guards were taken hostage, but later released.

30 July 2019 9:20 AM IST

A 32-year-old woman pushed a priest in Brazil. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@TheFigen)

Was A Priest Pushed Off Stage For Fat-Shaming? Truth Behind Viral...

A twitter user claimed that the incident took place during a sermon in Brazil after the priest said that fat women...

23 July 2019 6:52 PM IST

SAARC has certain problems. I think we all know what it is, even if you were to put terrorism issue aside. There are issues related to connectivity and trade. If you look at why BIMSTEC leaders were invited for the PMs swearing-in because we see energy, mindset and possibility in it, S Jaishankar said. (Photo: ANI)

Jaishankar to attend BRICS' foreign ministers meet in Brazil next week

This would be Jaishankar's first engagement with the BRICS foreign ministers since assuming office in May.

18 July 2019 1:41 PM IST

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: AP)

Brazil President Bolsonaro fuels spat with Europe, fires soar

This year's total is the highest since 2010 when 132,106 fires were detected across the country.

31 Aug 2019 3:05 PM IST