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HARARE- Zimbabwe has formally begun the process to join the BRICS group of emerging economies, following diplomatic discussions between Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Amon Murwira and Brazil’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Vilmar Rogeiro Coutinho Jr., in the capital on Monday. Brazil currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the BRICS bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, […]

DURBAN – Police discovered cocaine worth R80 million hidden in a shipping container at Durban Harbour on Saturday, following a surveillance operation that tracked the vessel from Brazil. The drugs, disguised as kidney beans, were uncovered after authorities moved the suspicious container to a warehouse in Bluff for detailed inspection, according to police spokesperson Robert […]

A 44-year-old Brazilian woman has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after police found cocaine wrapped around her upper body, the second such arrest in four days. The suspect was detained after arriving from Sao Paulo on Thursday afternoon, following Sunday’s arrest of a Brazilian man carrying cocaine worth R1.8m. “We continue to sniff […]

SAO PAULO – Brazilian police questioned Neymar for five hours on Thursday over allegations he raped a woman he met through social media in a Paris hotel last month – charges he has denied. “The truth appears sooner or later,” the world’s most expensive footballer, who walked on crutches after injuring his right ankle in a pre-Copa […]

Brazilian firefighters said on Saturday that at least 34 people were killed when a dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, as rescuers continued to search for hundreds still missing The Minas Gerais state fire department also said 23 people have been hospitalised after the dam released a torrent of mud […]

The tiny West African state of Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday demanded Brazil hand back more than $16m in cash and luxury watches that border officials confiscated from a delegation accompanying the president’s son. Equatorial Guinea’s foreign minister described the seizure as a “paltry and unfriendly” act. Mr Obiang, who is vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, arrived […]

Brazilian officials have confiscated more than $16m (£12.2m) worth of cash and luxury watches from a delegation accompanying the son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, local media has reported. Teodorin Obiang, the flamboyant vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and a son of the long-time president, flew in with his entourage in a private plane […]

The 22-year-old opened the bidding process in June after reading about others who had done it in the past and has so far received two bids, the highest being nearly £220,000 ($365,888). Sex for money is nothing new. But one Brazilian student sees it as a solution to her growing financial problem, even though she’s […]

The World Cup-winning former Brazil striker Ronaldo has been hospitalised in Ibiza suffering from pneumonia. The 41-year-old was responding to local reports that he had been in intensive care at Can Misses Hospital. Ronaldo scored 62 times for Brazil, including both goals when they beat Germany in the 2002 World Cup final. “I had a […]

Brazil’s president ordered federal troops to restore order in the country’s capital, Brasilia, after some ministries were evacuated during clashes between police and protesters seeking Michel Temer’s ouster. Temer is struggling to retain power after the release of a recording that appears to capture him approving hush money for a convicted former lawmaker. Brazil’s top […]