Pakistan has warned that attempts by the aspirants of permanent seats on the UN Security Council to bluster through the ongoing process to reach to an agreement on reforming the 15-member body would obstruct efforts to make it more democratic.”Given fundamental divergences that are evident, the gap that exists between respective positions cannot be papered […]
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Avengers’ Thor thanks fans for making the film a success
As ‘Avengers – Endgame’, the final chapter from the ‘Avengers’ franchise broke all records globally by raking in $1.2 billion in its first weekend, actor Chris Hemsworth who stars as Thor in the film, thanked fans across the world for making it a success. Chris Hemsworth took to his Instagram on Tuesday to share a […]
Brazil mourns Formula One ‘superhero’ Ayrton Senna
A master on the Formula One racing track, triple world champion Ayrton Senna was the pride of Brazil. Twenty-five years after his tragic death in the San Marino Grand Prix, he remains one of the country´s biggest sporting legends. The anniversary of Senna’s death on Wednesday – dubbed “Senna Day” – will revive the sense […]
Former Brazil soccer chief given life ban for bribery: FIFA
LONDON: Jose Maria Marin, the former president of Brazil Football Confederation (CBF), has been banned for life and fined 1 million Swiss francs (£761,152) for taking bribes, the sport’s governing body FIFA said on Monday. Marin is currently serving a four-year sentence in prison a the United States after being convicted on corruption charges related […]
Brazil president raises eyebrows saying Holocaust can be forgiven
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew veiled rebukes from Israel on Saturday after saying the Nazi genocide of the Jews during World War Two could be forgiven. The far-right Bolsonaro made a solidarity visit to Israel last month during which he raised eyebrows by asserting, after a tour of the Holocaust memorial Yad Vadshem, that the […]
Pele back in Brazil, healthy but undergoing tests
SAO PAULO: Brazilian soccer legend Pele arrived home in Brazil after a spell in a French hospital on Tuesday and was immediately taken to a Sao Paulo clinic for further urinary tests, doctors said. “At the moment, he is undergoing admission exams and his health is good,” doctors at the Israelite Albert Einstein Hospital said […]
Brazil’s Lula fights for freedom as he marks one year in jail
Since entering prison a year ago, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been spending his days working out in his cell and fighting to prove his innocence. The 73-year-old leftist icon, who has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars in two separate corruption cases, remains determined to challenge the “injustices” he […]
Brazil police kill 11 suspects who tried to blow up bank ATMs
Police in Sao Paulo state shot and killed 11 assailants who were preparing to blow up automated bank teller machines simultaneously at two branches early on Thursday, authorities said. Sao Paulo state’s Public Security Secretariat said in a statement that about 25 suspects were involved in the attempts to blow up the machines to get […]
Brazil soccer great Pele hospitalised in Paris
PARIS: Brazil soccer great Pele was hospitalised in Paris late on Tuesday with a strong fever but his condition is not life-threatening, RMC Sport reported. The 78-year-old was admitted as a precaution after attending an event in the French capital with France’s World Cup winning youngster Kylian Mbappe. A representative for Pele in Brazil could […]
Fire engulfs National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest
A massive fire gutted the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s oldest, authorities said Sunday, but no injuries were immediately reported. The cause of the fire, which broke out around 2230 GMT, was not yet known, according to local media. Television footage showed the building engulfed by a raging blaze that firefighters […]