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Child dies as four-storey building collapses in Rio

A four-storey building has collapsed in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, killing at least one infant, the city’s fire department said. Four people were rescued...

India overtakes Brazil as second-worst hit country amid pandemic

India has reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country in the world. The 168,912 cases added...

Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro replaces defence minister

The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned on Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defence minister. The switch...

Brazil becomes second country with 300,000 Covid deaths

Brazil has topped 300,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South...

Brazil’s supreme court rules Covid-19 vaccination can be mandatory

Brazil’s supreme court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nation’s nascent anti-vaccine movement. But the court also ruled Brazilians...

Leaders of Brazil and Mexico stay silent as world congratulates Biden WORLD

Two notable holdouts have emerged as world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his US election victory, with the presidents of Latin America’s two largest...

Brazil nears 100,000 deaths from Covid-19

Brazil was leaping towards a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday, and five months after the first reported case the country...

US death toll from coronavirus hits 150,000

The death toll from coronavirus in the US has reached 150,000 – by the far the highest in the world, according to the tally...

Indigenous leader Raoni recovers from illness in Brazil

Chief Raoni Metuktire, the ethnic Kayapo leader who became a symbol of the fight for Indigenous rights and the preservation of the Amazon rainforest...

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus passes 600,000

Global deaths from Covid-19 have surpassed 600,000 as the US, South Africa and Australia struggle to hold down rising rates of the infection. The United...

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