Today: November 14, 2024
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Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside

Authorities say a man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed himself in explosions outside the building that forced justices and staff to evacuate

Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside
Americas|News|Technology|World

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT

City lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT
Sports

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, has died

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92
Americas|Election|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations

Tens of thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have rallied in the country's biggest city to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations
Americas|News|World

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first
Education|Lifestyle|World

Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela

Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives

Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
Americas|Economy|Environment|News|World

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
Americas|News|World

Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes

It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured

Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes
Americas|Environment|News

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods

More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods
Americas|News|World

Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms

Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms

Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms
Americas|News|World

Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation

A horse that was perilously stranded on a rooftop by Brazil's deadly floods has been rescued

Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation
Americas|Environment|News|World

A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation

The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside

A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation
Americas|News|Sports|World

Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women's World Cup in 2027

Young Brazilian female footballers are hopeful that their country playing host to the 2027 Women's World Cup will boost the sport in the South American nation

Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women's World Cup in 2027
Americas|Crime|News|Political|World

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say
Americas|Crime|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

The indictment of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia
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
News|Travel|World

Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation

More than 40 families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil have gathered at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as three French government investigators arrived in the country

Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation
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|Sports

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers' Love injured in final minute

Saquon Barkley scored three touchdowns in his debut for Philadelphia, leading the Eagles past the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in the first NFL game in South America

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers' Love injured in final minute
Americas|News|World

A plane carrying Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico City airport after circling for hours

An airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City's Felipe Angeles airport after circling for hours due to a technical problem

A plane carrying Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico City airport after circling for hours
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

Sports

Red Bull's Verstappen nears 4th straight F1 title after winning Brazilian Grand Prix under rain

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has taken a major step toward securing his fourth straight F1 title by winning the Brazilian Grand Prix despite starting 17th and increasing his lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris with three races remaining

Red Bull's Verstappen nears 4th straight F1 title after winning Brazilian Grand Prix under rain
Crime|US

Au pair charged in double homicide pleads guilty to manslaughter

A judge in Virginia has accepted a guilty plea in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme involving a Brazilian au pair, an IRS agent, a pediatric nurse and a man who had been lured into their home with promises of rough sex

Americas|Election|News|Political|World

Brazil's Lula urges Venezuela's Maduro to respect vote results, is 'frightened' by talk of bloodbath

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday

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