Brazil's Amazon rainforests burn at record rate

Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. Although more than 72,000 fires......

Awesome PHOTOS of the month: May

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by A Yawalapiti boy dips his head into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State.......

Brazil holds terror suspects, seeks leads about possible Olympic threat

IMAGE:   Brazilian Navy soldiers attend an exercise on Flamengo beach ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters. Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in......

Man arrested in Brazil for attempt to douse Olympic torch

A man has been arrested for trying to extinguish the Olympic torch by throwing a bucket of water over it as it passed through his farming town of Maracaju in central Brazil, an officer at the......

Inspector to probe fire at Brazil World Cup stadium

An independent inspector will look into possible structural damage caused by an October fire at a World Cup stadium in western Brazil, following a Reuters report that the blaze was far worse than......