Police officers in Brazil have gone viral on social media after they were spotted arresting a suspected thief in the middle of a carnival. With participants dressed in fancy dresses, the cops managed to stay undercover and pinned the suspect to the ground near Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo with onlookers chanting, “Power Rangers! Power … Read more
The ruling from Moraes cited X’s noncompliance with the order to provide the user’s data. Brasilia: Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the social media platform X owned by billionaire Elon Musk to pay a fine of 8.1 million reais ($1.42 million) for noncompliance with judicial orders, according to a ruling made public … Read more
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Brazilian authorities said Wednesday they were searching for a British journalist who has been missing for 11 days in the South American country. Sao Paulo’s public security secretariat said in a statement sent to AFP that police were “carrying out investigations to locate the missing person and clarify the facts.” The Association … Read more
Brasilia: Brazil’s attorney general on Tuesday formally charged far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others over an alleged coup attempt after his 2022 election loss. Bolsonaro, 69, and his co-accused were hit with five charges over the alleged bid to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after a bitter election … Read more
Brasilia: Brazil has no intention of entering a trade war with the United States, a government minister said Tuesday after US President Donald Trump imposed a 25-percent levy on steel. Brazil is the second-largest exporter of steel to the United States after Canada, providing 4.08 million tonnes of the metal in 2024. Asked about potential … Read more
A shocking plane crash occurred in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday morning, killing the pilot, Gustavo Carneiro Medeiros, 44, and the plane’s owner, Marcio Louzada Carpena, 49, a dad-of-three and influencer. The small aircraft, which was headed to Porto Alegre, crashed on a busy avenue in the Barra Funda neighbourhood, near downtown Sao Paulo, the … Read more
A chilling spectacle unfolded in Sao Thome das Letras, Brazil, as hundreds of eight-legged creatures appeared to rain down from the sky. The eerie incident, which resembled a scene from a horror movie, was captured in rare footage and recently shared on social media. The bizarre video sparked widespread curiosity and quickly went viral online, … Read more
Braslia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that if US counterpart Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Brazilian products, he would reciprocate — but that he would prefer improved relations over a trade war. The Latin American giant is one of the countries that Trump has threatened with higher tariffs. “It’s very simple: … Read more
Brazil has joined Spain and Germany in obstructing the operations of Sam Altman’s controversial World project. The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has suspended the services of the World project within the country. A notice about the development was issued over the weekend to Altman’s tech firm Tools for Humanity (TFH), that parents World. Brazil … Read more
Rio de Janeiro: The Brazil government has expressed outrage and said it would demand an explanation from the Donald Trump administration, after dozens of immigrants who were deported from the United States, arrived by plane in handcuffs. Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said the treatment mated to immigrants during the fight home was a “flagrant disregard” of … Read more