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  1. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Porto Alegre
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    Majority of Brazil COVID-19 ICU patients aged 40 years or younger: Report

    The surging COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil is increasingly affecting younger people, with hospital data showing that last month the majority of those ...
  2. FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine
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    Brazil justice gives health regulator 30 days to decide on Sputnik vaccine

    A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Tuesday ordered health regulator Anvisa to decide within 30 days whether it would approve the emergency ...
  3. The judge said there was an 'unequivocal correlation' between greater access to guns and
    World

    Brazil judge halts parts of Bolsonaro's decrees to relax gun laws

    A judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President Jair Bolsonaro relaxing the country's gun ...
  4. Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brazil
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    Brazil COVID-19 death toll rises by 1,480 as probe pressures Bolsonaro

    Brazil added an additional 1,480 people to its COVID-19 death toll on Monday (Apr 12), as a looming investigation of how the government has ...
  5. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai
  6. Marchers demanded "religious freedom," warned against "communist" influence and
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    Brazil evangelicals protest COVID-19 curbs on church services

    Several hundred demonstrators marched in Brazil on Sunday (Apr 11) to protest a ruling by the Supreme Court allowing authorities to bar in-person ...
  7. FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus testing site in Ealing, West London
    Commentary

    Commentary: Those new coronavirus variants sure are worrisome

    Reports of COVID-19 mutations that move faster and are potentially deadlier have already hit several countries. A virologist explains how these ...
  8. Happy with that: US swim star Katie Ledecky smiles after winning the women's 400m freestyle at
    Sport

    Swimming: Ledecky notches 400m free win in Mission Viejo

    Katie Ledecky continued her build up to the Tokyo Olympics with a 400m freestyle victory at the Mission Viejo Pro Swim Series in 3min 59.25sec.
  9. A head and arms have been added to the Christ the Protector statue being built in the southern
    World

    Brazil building new giant Christ statue, taller than Rio's

    A giant new statue of Christ being constructed in southern Brazil will rise even higher than the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks ...
  10. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 31, 2021, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro delivers a
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    Brazil raises US$620 million in huge concession auction

    Brazil wrapped up a massive auction Friday for concessions to operate 22 airports, a rail line and five ports with a total take of $620 million ...