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BRASÍLIA: Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva broke down in tears Monday at a ceremony ratifying his election win, which cemented the veteran leftist's comeback for a third presidential term. Speaking after receiving the…

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaroon Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday's election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of "indignation and a…

RIO DE JANERIO: Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's far-right…

SAO PAULO: Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaroin an election that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist leader and the end of the country's most right-wing government in…

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilians began voting on Sunday morning in a polarising presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to…

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaroapologized on Tuesday after his visit to a group of teenagers he implied were sex workers drew accusations of "pedophilia" from opponents. Fighting for re-election in an October 30…

SAO PAULO: Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaroclashed in their first one-on-one debate on Sunday, two weeks before the presidential election's runoff. Debates in the election's first round…

SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalised on Monday with an intestinal blockage and may need to undergo surgery in the latest complication from a 2018 stabbing. Bolsonaro said he started feeling unwell on Sunday…

BRUSSELS: Europe rushed to ban travel from southern Africa on Friday to slow the spread of a new Covid-19 strain that scientists fear could torpedo efforts to beat the pandemic. Global markets plunged as news sank in that a new variant…

RIO DE JANEIRO: A McDonald's restaurant in Brazil was on Sunday ordered to comply with health regulations by installing separate male and female toilets after sparking a controversy with its unisex bathroom. The scandal erupted over a…