Death toll rises as Brazil faces record rainfall
The death toll caused by record rainfall in south eastern Brazil has jumped to 53 and officials expressed alarm about continuing storms.
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Several missing after deadly floods and landslides hit Brazil
At least 30 people have died after two days of heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in south-east Brazil.
Malky Mackay mixes with key Brazilian coaches at Pro Licence presentation
Malky Mackay bumped into a ghost of Scotland’s past when he was invited to speak to a classroom of coaches in Brazil.
Alisson wants to win Club World Cup and make Liverpool history
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker is keen to make history by securing Liverpool’s first Club World Cup.
Donald Trump announces tariffs for Argentina and Brazil over currency manipulation
President Donald Trump has accused Argentina and Brazil of hurting US farmers through currency manipulation and has said he will slap tariffs on their steel and aluminium imports.
Instagram trial hiding ‘likes’ to be expanded to US
A trial which hides “likes” on Instagram is to be expanded to the United States.
Instagram trials hiding ‘likes’ to stop platform feeling ‘like a competition’
Instagram has begun hiding likes and video views as part of a trial aimed at removing “the pressure” and shifting the focus to “sharing the things” its users enjoy.
Aberdeen councillors approve £78,000 for trade mission travel
Houston, Doha, Mexico, Halifax (Canada), Karamay (China) and Pemba (Mozambique) have also been identified in the council’s travel plan for the next financial year.
Indigenous Brazilians pitch tents near Congress in annual protest
Hundreds of indigenous Brazilians have gathered outside Brazil’s Congress for an annual three-day camping out protest known as the Free Land Encampment.
Alan Brazil breached broadcasting rules by saying Asians caused rat infestation
Alan Brazil breached broadcasting rules for suggesting that a Glasgow rat infestation was the fault of Asian immigrants storing rice.
I was definitely naive, says Conor Maynard after gunpoint robbery in Brazil
Conor Maynard has said that naivety led him to being robbed at gunpoint in Brazil.
‘Biological wonder’ created by termites discovered in Brazil
Termites have created a wonder of the world as old as the pyramids that dwarf the ancient Egyptian monuments in scale, scientists have discovered.
Brown: I told team that Brazil were terrified of us because I saw them all holding hands
Twenty years ago Scotland were at the epicentre of global football as they kicked off the World Cup in front of an audience of two billion.
Scientists put literary spin on names for seven newly-discovered spider species
Famous spider characters from the Harry Potter series, Charlotte’s Web and other fantasy novels and literary classics have been immortalised in science after researchers named seven new spider species after them.
British woman in hospital in Brazil ‘after being shot while looking for water’
A British tourist is being treated in hospital in Brazil after she was reportedly shot while her family were looking for water.
Police appeal for witnesses after Brazilian woman dies following motorbike crash on North-east road
A woman has died after a motorbike crash on one of the North-east’s most popular tourist routes.
World Cup-winning Brazil captain Carlos Alberto dies aged 72
Legendary Brazilian defender and 1970 World Cup winner Carlos Alberto has died aged 72.
Video: Dash cam captures man cheats death after being flung out of crashing truck
This incredible video shows the moment a man cheated death after he was flung from a truck like a ragdoll.