Tag: Brazil
Legendary Brazilian tennis player Maria Bueno dies
SAO PUOLO: Maria Bueno, the Brazilian "queen" of tennis, who won three Wimbledon and four US championship singles titles, died Friday in Sao Paulo...
World Cup fever causes sleepless nights for Bangladesh flagmakers
MERAJNAGAR: Flagmakers in Bangladesh are doing a roaring trade weeks ahead of the World Cup, but no-one is interested in the home nation's colours...
Brazil charges 11 people with trying to set up Islamic State...
BRASILIA: Brazilian prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send...
Neymar named in Brazil’s 23-man World Cup squad
RIO DE JANEIRO: Striker Neymar, who hasn’t played a game since breaking his foot in February, was named Monday as the star of the...
Amazon river dolphins heading towards extinction
BRASILIA: Two kinds of river dolphins are dying off fast in the Amazon region and may face extinction unless they are more vigorously protected...
‘Breakthrough’ in mosquito-packed drones to combat Zika in Brazil
BRASILIA: Millions of sterile mosquitoes will be released from drones over parts of Brazil to combat the Zika virus, after successful field tests were...
Blind Brazilian women get makeup courses to boost self-image
SAO PAULO: No mirrors needed by these Brazilian women when they apply eye-liner, mascara and blush brushes. They can’t see their faces.
Blind women are...
At least 21 killed in Brazil prison breakout bid: officials
BRASILIA: At least 21 people died Tuesday in an attempted breakout from a prison in northern Brazil aided by an armed group on the...
Lula turns himself in to Brazil police, ending standoff
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to police on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff...
Supporters urge Brazil’s Lula to resist arrest
BRASILIA: Ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a fallen giant of emerging nation politics and still the frontrunner in Brazil's October presidential elections, was...
Supreme Court rejects Brazil ex-President Lula’s bid to avoid prison
BRASILIA: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court judges voted early Thursday to reject former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to avoid prison.
After over 10 hours...
Pakistan Day celebrated in Brazil
ISLAMABAD: An event to celebrate the National Day of Pakistan was held in Brazil on March 23 with Ambassador of Pakistan to Brazil H...
Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva loses procedural appeals, faces prison
BRASILIA: A Brazilian appeals court rejected on Monday final procedural objections raised by lawyers of former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against...
WTO head warns of retaliation risk after US trade tariffs
BRASILIA: US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminium could spark retaliation from other countries and lead to unforeseen...
Neymar surgery successful: Brazilian football federation
BELO HORIZONTE: Surgery on the broken right foot of Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar went successfully Saturday, officials said, leaving the planet's most...
Tag-team action sees 9 red cards in a Brazilian football derby
Salvador: With only 11 minutes remaining, a Brazilian local derby between Vitoria and Bahia resulted in the match being abandoned, on Sunday.
It all started...
Brazil court accepts seizure of ex-president Lula’s passport: sources
BRASILIA: A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an...
