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Football hopefuls arrive in Russia ahead of World Cup 2018

The two favourites, Brazil and France arrive in Sochi and Moscow

Brazil

Brazilian police rescue baby buried alive for seven hours

The fifteen-year-old mother of the baby girl told police she thought the infant had died

Brazil

Brazilian tennis legend Maria Bueno dies aged 78

She won seven grand titles in the 1950s and 1960s

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Temer cuts fuel price in bid to end trucker strike

The Brazilian president says the government will subsidise a 10 percent cut in the price of diesel as the almost week-long truck drivers' strike brings the country to a standstill.

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Sao Paulo : Aftermath of a fire

Firefighters and rescue dogs on Wednesday continued to search through smouldering rubble for bodies after an abandoned government building that had been occupied by squatters, caught fire and collapsed in Sao Paulo.

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Blazing high-rise collapses in Sao Paulo

An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets.

Brazil

Towerblock collapses in Sao Paulo after fire

Multi-story building plunges to the ground in centre of Brazilian city.

Sport

Watch: Brazilian 'breaks world record' for biggest wave surfed

Surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the record as he managed to take on the huge swell at the famous Nazaré break in Portugal.

Brazil

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, begins 12-year sentence

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken into police custody after defying a court order to turn himself to authorities on Friday.

World News

Brazil's Lula defies court deadline

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva misses a judge's deadline to hand himself in to begin 12-year jail term.

Brazil

Lula must start 12-year jail term for corruption, rules Brazil's supreme court

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has exhausted all possible appeals.

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Rio favela marks Good Friday with anti-violence protest

Performers drop to the ground at the sound of a gunshot, others shout "dignity" and "equality" as they run through the crowd gathered to watch the show.

Brazil

Neymar leaves hospital after 'successful' surgery

The world's most expensive footballer was operated on for a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle. The procedure "went perfectly," according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.

North Korea

North Korean leaders used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports

Western European security sources disclose photocopies of two Brazilian passports used by Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il.

Brazil

Brazil's military takes charge of Rio as gang violence spikes

Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree giving the country's military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in response to rising drug gang violence.

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Sambadrome

Thousands of performers paraded through the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night.

Brazil

Rio's carnival hots up as tourists flock to Brazil's party central

A memorable 2018 carnival looks assured after a dazzling display of dancers, songs and setpieces.

World News

Venezuelans rush to borders as Colombia and Brazil tighten controls

Colombia and Brazil are tightening border controls after hundreds of thousands of desperate people flee hunger and a spiralling political crisis in Venezuela.

Brazil

It's Carnival time in Rio

For the first time, a Brit is the lead dancer for one of the main samba schools in the festive competition.

Brazil

Brazil's biggest paper stops publishing articles on Facebook

One of Brazil's major national newspapers, Folha de S.Paulo, has stopped publishing articles on their Facebook page because it believes the social media platform does not "value professional journalism".