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Americas|Crime|News|World

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says

A Brazilian airliner says one of its passenger planes with 61 people aboard has crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all who were aboard

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says
Americas|News|World

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo

Brazilian rescue teams have retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families began gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo
Americas|Election|News|World

Venezuela's opposition faces setback after countries suggest repeat of presidential election

Venezuela’s opposition has been dealt a blow as countries that had been pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies backing his claim to victory in last month’s presidential election are now suggesting the possibility of repeating the contest

Venezuela's opposition faces setback after countries suggest repeat of presidential election
Americas|Crime|News

Police target governor of northern Brazil state in probe of COVID-19 alleged fraud

The governor of Brazil’s Tocantins northern state has denied any wrongdoing, hours after the country’s federal police carried out search warrants targeting him and other 41 people as part of an investigation into alleged fraud and graft related to COVID-19 funds

Business|News|Technology

How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn’t name a legal representative

How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk's X
News|Technology

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Business|News|Technology

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

Brazil has started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
Americas|News|Technology

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Americas|Business|News|Technology|World

Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide

Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide
Business|News|Technology

Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil

Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink has backtracked and announced it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X

Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil
Celebrity|Entertainment|News

Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83

Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID

Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83
Americas|News|World

Brazil's X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for 'free speech'

A few thousand supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have begun flooding Sao Paulo’s main boulevard for an Independence Day rally

Brazil's X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for 'free speech'
Americas|Environment|News|World

Drought is making Sao Paulo's river emerald green while smoke turns its skies grey

A major river in the Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies have turned from blue to grey

Drought is making Sao Paulo's river emerald green while smoke turns its skies grey
Americas|Crime|Environment|News

Brazilian police raid targets accused of laundering millions in gold mined in the Amazon

Brazil’s Federal Police have conducted raids targeting a criminal group it alleges has laundered at least 3.1 metric tons of gold illegally mined in the Amazon rainforest to conceal its origins

Economy|Environment|News|World

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
Business|News|Technology

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources say

A source says billionaire Elon Musk’s social media site X has complied with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ orders, and requested its service be reestablished in the country

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources say
Economy|Environment|World

G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation

Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation

G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation
Americas|Business|Technology|World

Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands

The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized the restoration of social media platform X´s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a statement posted on the court’s website

Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
Americas|Business|Economy|Lifestyle|Technology|World

Brazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction

Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector, after concern rose about gambling addicts, especially vulnerable people

Americas|Business|Economy|Environment|Finance|World

Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters

Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster
Americas|Crime|US

Brazilian police raid criminal group suspected of smuggling migrants to the US

Brazil’s Federal Police have conducted raids in six states targeting a criminal group suspected of smuggling migrants to the United States

Americas|Crime|Political

Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco

A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’s political left whose killing sparked outrage

Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco
Americas|Crime

Brazil authorities link bombing in the capital to extremist discourse

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice says he believes that the explosion outside the court in Brasilia was the consequence of frequent far-right attacks and hate speech targeting the country’s institutions

Brazil authorities link bombing in the capital to extremist discourse
Americas|Economy|World

Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people

Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economies

Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people
Americas|Environment|US|World

From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy

Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to set foot the Amazon rainforest

From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy

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