Brazil

Brazil, the world’s biggest poultry exporter, has confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a commercial farm in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Arab News reported. The discovery has prompted China to impose a 60-day ban…

Brazil faces a growing public health crisis as scorpion stings surged 250% from 2014 to 2023, with 1.1 million incidents reported, The Guardian reported. Researchers warn rapid urbanization and climate change are fueling the invasion, with 200,000 stings and 133…

Sheikh Abdulrahman Qadoua, senior member of Libya’s Fatwa Committee, has raised serious doubts about the credibility of Brazil’s halal meat certification during a recent delegation visit, The Libya Observer reported. He reported that access to Brazilian slaughterhouses is granted only…

Authorities have declared a state of emergency in Buriticupu, Brazil, after significant sinkholes have emerged, endangering approximately 1,200 residents, The Guardian reported. The city, with a population of 55,000, has witnessed escalating soil erosion over the past 30 years, exacerbated…

A new report reveals that Brazil experienced a staggering loss of wilderness in 2024, with 30.86 million hectares burned—an area larger than Italy, The Guardian reported. This figure marks a 79% increase from 2023 and is the largest recorded by…

Brazil’s Congress has approved legislation to ban mobile phone use in primary and secondary schools, pending the signature of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The law aims to mitigate the negative effects of mobile devices…

A recent report from monitoring network MapBiomas reveals that Brazil has suffered significant forest devastation, with 22.38 million hectares affected by fires in the first nine months of 2024, Xinhua reported yesterday. September alone accounted for 10.65 million hectares lost.…

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has circumvented a Supreme Court-ordered block in Brazil by routing internet traffic through third-party cloud services, notably Cloudflare, The Guardian reported today. This update allowed some Brazilian users to access the platform without a…

Hundreds gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the March for the Defense of Religious Freedom, highlighting the rising religious intolerance in Brazil, VOA reported yesterday. Participants from various faiths, particularly Afro-Brazilian religions, joined the event,…

Brazil has confirmed the world’s first fatalities linked to Oropouche fever, Xinhua reported yesterday citing the country’s Health Ministry. Two women under 30 from Bahia succumbed to the viral disease, exhibiting symptoms similar to severe dengue fever, the source mentioned.…