كثيراً ما يتساءل عشاق كرة القدم عن أي البلدين في أميركا اللاتينية أخرج أهم لاعبي كرة القدم في العالم: البرازيل أم الأرجنتين؟ بيليه أم مارادونا؟ البلد الذي فاز بكأس العالم خمس مرات أم الذي ربحها مرتين؟ وهل يعتمد الجواب على عدد الكوؤس أم على نوعية (...)
كثيراً ما يتساءل عشاق كرة القدم عن أي البلدين في أميركا اللاتينية أخرج أهم لاعبي كرة القدم في العالم: البرازيل أم الأرجنتين؟ بيليه أم مارادونا؟ البلد الذي فاز بكأس العالم خمس مرات أم الذي ربحها مرتين؟ وهل يعتمد الجواب على عدد الكوؤس أم على نوعية (...)
The number of people killed in a mudslide in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro rose to 12 on Tuesday while more than 20 others remained missing, according to dpa.
After days of heavy rain in the area, the mudslide early Monday in (...)
Rain continued to pour down Tuesday over the south-eastern Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio deJaneiro, where it caused floods and mudslides that affected thousands, according to dpa.
In Minas Gerais, Brazil's third-richest state, the (...)
A retired circus chimpanzee is the Cezanne of simians, drawing crowds to a Brazilian zoo to watch him paint.
The 26-year-old chimp called Jimmy has been producing surprisingly lovely paintings each day for three weeks at the Niteroi Zoo.
Trainer (...)
Grammy Award-winning singers Beyonce and Alicia Keys are filming a music video in Rio de Janeiro.
Sheri Ladner is a publicist with RCA Music Group, which includes Keys' label, J Records. She says the singers are shooting a video for their duet “Put (...)
A jailed Brazilian admitted in a television interview that he shoved nearly three dozen sewing needles into his 2-year-old stepson because he wanted to kill the boy to spite his wife.
Speaking from his cell, 30-year-old bricklayer Roberto Carlos (...)
You've got mail, and possibly an STD.
The Brazilian Health Ministry has created a Web site to let people inform partners they've got a sexually transmitted disease via an e-mailed virtual postcard.
The official in charge of the ministry's STD and (...)
New TV ads are encouraging Brazilians to save water - by urinating in the shower.
Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humor to persuade people to reduce flushes.
The (...)
At least seven people, including two police officers and two suspected drug traffickers, died in a police raid in the slum neighborhood Complexo da Mare in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian media reported Friday.
The militarized police raid started late (...)