Brazilian ritual root gets second life as potential anti-depressant
World 16:34 06/05/2025Long used in Indigenous Brazilian rituals, the jurema preta plant, which contains a potent psychedelic, is gaining ground as a potential treatment for depression.
Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil
World 16:09 27/04/2025Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs and was preserved in limestone unearthed in northeastern Brazil.
Still reeling a year on, Brazil's Porto Alegre fears next flood
World 15:14 24/04/2025Armed with brushes and paint, volunteers touch up houses left standing after devastating floods last year that killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm
World 18:38 22/04/2025In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm.
Former Brazilian football legends, Vietnamese stars to face off in Da Nang
Vietnam News 13:02 12/04/2024A friendly 7-on-7 match is set to take place between Brazilian and Vietnamese football stars
Soccer Brazil becomes first South American team to qualify for 2022 World Cup
Vietnam News 14:30 12/11/2021Brazil beat Colombia 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Thursday to become the first South American team to qualify for Qatar 202
Brazil to deploy police to protect Yanomami from miners
World 11:43 15/06/2021Brazil said Monday it would deploy a special security force to protect the Yanomami indigenous reservation, whose residents have clashed recently with illegal miners encroaching on native lands in the Amazon rainforest
Brazil seeks $1 billion in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation by 30-40% -environmental minister
World 10:32 05/04/2021Brazil’s environment minister wants $1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30% and 40%, according to an interview published on Saturday in newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo
Rio to allow football fans from October 4
World 16:09 19/09/2020The decision still needs a green light from the Brazilian Football Confederation
Wife of Brazil's Bolsonaro, and her two daughters, test negative for coronavirus
World 09:19 12/07/2020The president announced that he had tested positive on Tuesday
Brazil records nearly 50,000 coronavirus deaths as crisis deepens
World 09:35 21/06/2020A total of 49,976 people have officially died from COVID-19 in Brazil
Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases
World 13:38 17/05/2020Brazil’s outbreak is now the fourth largest in the world
