Brazil News

Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy.

A massive power failure threw Brazil's two largest cities into darkness Tuesday night along with other parts of Latin America's largest nation, affecting millions of people.

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Father Hidalberto Henrique Guimaraes, 48, is the fourth priest to be murdered in Brazil in less than five months.

Madonna is following a philanthropical trip to Africa with a stop in Rio to discuss social projects.

Israeli President Shimon Peres is to arrive in Brazil Tuesday for an official visit that comes just two weeks before the expected arrival of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Madonna, who has promoted school building in the African country Malawi, is now turning her star power onto projects to improve the notorious slums of Rio de Janeiro.

The Catholic Church's Indian Missionary Council, or Cimi, issued a statement Thursday retracting its earlier report that two teachers abducted last week were found dead in the southern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

RELATIVES of eight victims of an Air France flight that crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris have filed lawsuits in the US and UK seeking damages.

Sao Paulo - In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.

The private Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Sao Paulo, said 20-year-old Geisy Arruda disrespected "ethical principles, academic dignity and morality". Arruda made headlines last month when she had to be escorted away by police after she tried to go to class wearing the minidress.

London: India's financial hub Mumbai and political capital Delhi are likely to witness a significant jump in economic growth along with other emerging markets and make it to the league of the world's wealthiest cities by 2025, a report says.

Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes.

A passenger in silhouette watches an Air France aircraft at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport September 25, 2002 in Roissy, France.

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says.

Fishing nations must cut the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna they catch and protect porbeagle and thresher sharks, European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg said on Friday ahead of international talks.

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

Remember Evanescence? You know,A the one with that gothA female lead singer with the haunting voice? Well, they're back, and with a bang.

The loan matures in 25 years and has a grace and disbursement period of five years.

MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank's credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard have announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology in Rio de Janeiro for public transportation and other quick service merchants.