Brazilians are heading to the polls on Sunday in an election which could see one of the world's most populous democracies switch from a far-right to a left-wing leader.
Voting is compulsory for the more than 156 million Brazilians (...)
Brazil's government has restricted the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it said in a decree late on Tuesday in its official gazette.
Foreigners with permanent residence in the country or (...)
Lionel Messi was sent off before halftime and then angrily hit out at "corrupt" tournament organizers after Argentina beat Chile 2-1 to win a bad-tempered third-place playoff at the Copa America on Saturday.
The match was 34 minutes old when Chilean (...)
Deputy minister of Islamic affairs for mosques, call and guidance Dr. Tawfeeq bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudairi, arrived in the Brazilian city of Sao Polo today to lead the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's delegation to the 31st conference of Muslims of the Latin (...)
Saudi juniors under 12 ranked fifth in the world's soccer cup championship in Brazil 2014 in which 32 teams took part.
Beating Romania one love, scored by Abdulrahman Hiba, the juniors of Saudi Arabia came fifth after having qualified to the 16-team (...)
The Secretary of the Government of Brazilian State of Sao Polo for Foreign Affairs Rodrigo Tfaris has kicked off the Saudi cultural days festival in this Brazilian city of Sao Polo in the attendance of Dr. Abdulaziz bin Sultan Al-Mighem, the (...)
A delegation of the ministry of culture and information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Dr.Abdulaziz bin Sultan Al-Miqhem, the undersecretary of the ministry for international cultural affairs, arrived here to hold the Saudi cultural days (...)
A delegation of the ministry of culture and information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Dr.Abdulaziz bin Sultan Al-Miqhem, the undersecretary of the ministry for international cultural affairs, arrived here to hold the Saudi cultural days (...)
OSX Brasil S.A, the shipbuilding company of Brazil's one-time richest man Eike Batista, said Friday evening it will file for bankruptcy protection in a Rio de Janeiro court, AP reported.
The company said on its website that its board of directors (...)
Brazilian authorities said a tractor-trailor has slammed into a bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 others, according to AP.
A police spokesman said the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA -- Brazil's President has ordered a full investigation into an oil spill near an offshore field operated by oil giant Chevron Corp.
Dilma Rousseff says in a statement that she wants a "rigorous investigation" to (...)
AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA -- Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has throat cancer and is expected to begin chemotherapy in the coming days, dpa cited a statement Saturday from the Sirio-LibanesHospital in Sao Paulo as (...)
Google says it will soon make available images of the Amazon rain forest on its Street View mapping service, according to AP.
Spokesman Fabio Sabba says Google began taking photographs of Amazon rivers and trails in a partnership with a local (...)
Albert Einstein Hospital officials say former Brazil captain Socrates is in a stable condition in intensive care after being treated for a stomach hemorrhage, according to AP.
The Sao Paulo hospital said in a statement on Saturday that Socrates was (...)
تصدى فرناندو موسليرا لركلة ترجيح من كارلوس تيفيز ليقود اوروجواي للفوز 5-4 بركلات الترجيح على الارجنتين صاحبة الارض والجمهور والصعود الى قبل نهائي كأس كوبا امريكا لكرة القدم أمس السبت.
وانتهت المباراة بالتعادل 1-1 بعدما تقدمت اوروجواي عن طريق (...)
A Brazilian woman listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person has died _ just weeks shy of her 115th birthday, AP reported.
Maria Gomes Valentim died Tuesday morning in the southeastern city of Carangola. Helerson Lima of the (...)
The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits, (...)
Japanese motor company Honda dismissed 400 of a
total of 3,487 employees at its plant in Sumare, in the Brazilian
state of Sao Paulo, for lack of parts imported from Japan, dpa reported.
The supply of imported parts to make the models Fit, City (...)
Awwal 19, 1432 H/April 23, 2011, SPA -- Police in Brazil say gunmen have killed an environmental activist, his brother and three friends, according to AP.
The bodies of Jorge Grando, the former head of the environmental protection agency for the (...)
Akhir 12, 1432 H/March 17, 2011, SPA -- Upgrades to Brazil's airports will be opened up to private investment to ensure they are completed in time for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said in an interview published Thursday, (...)
Awwal 23, 1432 H/Feb 26, 2011, SPA -- A Brazilian federal court late Friday ruled to
suspend planned construction of a huge hydro-electric dam in the
Amazon rainforest region, citing environmental concerns.
The court in its ruling said the (...)
Awwal 14, 1432 H/Feb 17, 2011, SPA -- U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake says it plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil in the next five years, buying and investing in local technology companies, according to AP.
Co-founder David Roux tells (...)
Awwal 11, 1432 H/Feb 14, 2011, SPA -- Ronaldo, whose 15 World Cup goals for Brazil represent the all-time record, said Monday he was retiring from soccer, according to UPI.
Ronaldo, 34, helped Brazil to World Cup titles in 1994 and 2002. He scored (...)
Brazilian authorities said four members of a family have died in a mudslide in Sao Paulo state, bringing the death toll from heavy flooding to at least 35 people. More than 30,000 people across the country have been forced out of their homes, (...)
Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums, according to AP.
«Life has never been better,» Lima says (...)