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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday evening that state-controlled company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, has 3 billion reais ($575.5 million) to fund free LPG bottles to low-income people that cannot afford them. Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) bottles are used for cooking mainly by low-income…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A government warehouse storing movies, documents and antique projectors from Brazil's film industry caught fire Thursday night in Sao Paulo. BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A government warehouse storing movies, documents and antique projectors from Brazil's film industry caught fire Thursday night in Sao Paulo. The fire…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BRASILIA — Brazil’s federal public debt rose 3% in June from the month before to 5.33 trillion reais ($1.03 trillion), the Treasury said on Wednesday, adding that its emergency cash buffer surged to…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BRASILIA — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received the all-clear on Sunday to leave the Sao Paulo hospital where he has been since Wednesday undergoing treatment for complications following a near-fatal 2018 stabbing. The…

After 10 straight days of hiccups, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital with what doctors say is an intestinal obstruction that could require emergency surgery. Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the Armed Forces Hospital in the capital of Brasilia early on Wednesday and was "feeling well,"…

Anyone who has followed the UK MMA scene for longer than a minute has almost certainly heard of Paddy Pimblett. The ‘Baddy’ first appeared on the UK MMA scene back in 2012, at the young age of 17. Over the first four years of his MMA career he ran out…

© Reuters. The logo of Brazilian telecoms company Oi SA is pictured inside a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/Files BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian telecom Oi SA (OTC:) said on Wednesday it had received the go-ahead from a court to sell a majority stake in its…

Lionel Messi’s Argentina will face Brazil in the Copa America final after overcoming Colombia in a dramatic penalty shoot-out thanks to Emiliano Martinez. With no extra time, penalties were needed after Luis Diaz equalised in the 61st-minute to cancel out Lautaro Martinez’s first-half opener in Brasilia on Tuesday. Emiliano Martinez…

Argentina are going to play arch-rivals Brazil in the Copa America 2021 final at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro after beating Colombia in the semi-final in Brasilia. La Albiceleste had taken the lead in the second semi-final with Colombia in the 6th minute itself as Lautaro Martinez and…

Uruguay and Colombia will battle it out for one of the remaining two places in the Copa America 2021 semi-finals at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia on Sunday night. Seeking a record-extending 16th Copa America title and their first since 2011, the Uruguayans picked up steam down the final stretch…