Nine dead after plane crashes in southern Brazil, says authorities A small plane with 10 people aboard crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil on Sunday, civil defense officials said, and initial reports indicated that there were no survivors.“Unfortunately, initial reports indicate that the aircraft’s occupants did…
Brazil has decided to opt out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the second country after India in Brics to not support the multi-billion-dollar project. Brazil, headed by President Lula da Silva, will not join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and instead seek alternative ways to collaborate with Chinese investors, Celso Amorim,…
Elon Musk’s platform X mistakenly transferred $5.2 million in fines (Representative Image/AP) Elon Musk’s social media platform X paid $5.2 million in fines after being banned by Brazil‘s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over accusations of disinformation, but mistakenly transferred these funds into the wrong account.Justice Moraes confirmed that while the full amount had…
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday said he was constantly in touch with India, China and Brazil over the Ukraine war, adding these countries were making efforts to resolve the conflict. An agency report from Vladivostok quoted him as saying these countries could potentially act as mediators.“If there is a desire of Ukraine to carry on…
The conflict between Elon Musk and Brazil’s judiciary has intensified over recent months, centred around issues of free speech, content moderation, and judicial overreach. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes banned X recently. While it had minimal impact on Brazil’s business, Brazil is a significant market in terms of user base. Musk chose to close…
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of tech-giant Elon Musk‘s social media platform X on Friday.Justice Alexandre de Mores directed internet service providers and app stores to block access to X within five-days, saying, that the platform wil remain inaccessible until it complies with his directive. He also imposed daily fines of…
Hundreds of migrants from India, Nepal, and Vietnam have been stranded without visas at Brazil‘s Guarulhos Airport under distressing circumstances including no access to food and water. They have been sleeping on the floor as they await entry into Brazil, according to the Public Defender’s Office as reported by news agency Reuters.The migrants are confined…
A plane carrying 62 people crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday, according to local TV station GloboNews. The ATR-72 aircraft, operated by Voepass Linhas Aéreas, was en route from Cascavel in Paraná to Guarulhos in São Paulo, as reported by the website G1, citing information from Voepass.The local firefighters confirmed that the crash occurred in…
NEW DELHI: Brazil has recorded the world’s first-ever deaths from Oropouche virus, an unknown disease spread by the bites of infected midges and mosquitoes.Two women on Thursday died in Bahia from the virus. Both the women were under 30 years in age, according to the Brazil health ministry.The symptoms exhibited were similar to those of…
LONDON: A Brazilian man has been sentenced to detention in a mental hospital after pleading guilty to stabbing to death one Indian woman from Hyderabad and attempting to murder her roommate in a house-share in Wembley.After the attack on June 13 last year, Keven Lourenco de Morais (24) phoned his girlfriend and said: “I have…
