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

Like Trump, Bolsonaro is a climate change sceptic. (Photo:AP)

Bolsonaro says, 'Amazon nations should decide region's future'

On Wednesday, Bolsonaro said Germany and France had tried to 'buy' Brazil's sovereignty.

29 Aug 2019 12:00 PM IST

A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforests importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting. (Photo: AP)

Why the world, and not just Brazil, should care about ravaging Amazon...

Eight out of nine Amazon states have seen an increase, with the largest state of Amazonas seeing a 146 per cent rise.

26 Aug 2019 9:27 AM IST

Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm. (Photo: File)

G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight Amazon fires, repair damage

Merkel noted that Bolsonaro is putting 'significant forces' into the effort to save the rainforest.

26 Aug 2019 8:43 AM IST