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NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, right, presents the rights to the draft to Orlando Magic Coach Jamahl Mosley. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP) The team will pick first for the first time since taking Dwight Howard in 2004, as NCAA stars Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero vie to be the…

Since taking office in 2019, far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has presided over record levels of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. He loosened laws and regulations meant to protect the forest from landgrabbers, miners and loggers who’ve declared open season on the Amazon and the Indigenous peoples who live within…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of motor bikers followed Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday from Sao Paulo to the neighboring city of Americana along a 60-mile (100-km) rally. "This is a fantastic turnout," the president, wearing a black leather jacket, said as he greeted followers at…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), researchers from Sociedade Mineira de Infectologia and Associação Mineira de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecções show a correlation between the Brazilian President Jair…

BRASILIA: After revelations that the Brazilian military had bought Viagra pills for its troops, a lawmaker claimed Tuesday it had also acquired 60 penile implants -- for reasons that were not divulged. Congressman Eliaz Vaz, who also exposed the Viagra spending, said the defense ministry had “approved the purchase of…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRASILIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decided against an additional cut in the IPI industrial tax because of questions about the legality of the measure, according to two sources from the Economy Ministry. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes pledged last…

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A corruption scandal is the latest fallout from the Brazilian president's efforts to stifle institutions meant to protect the rainforest, fuelling a sharp increase in deforestation Environment | Analysis 31 March 2022 By Luke Taylor Aerial view of the Xingu Indigenous Park and soybean farms in Mato Grosso, Brazil Shutterstock…

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced fuel price hikes across the board. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decided on Monday to change the president of state-owned Petrobras, Joaquim Silva e Luna, amid strong pressure due to recurrent increases in fuel prices. The information, leaked by the Brazilian press, was…