At a primary school in football-mad Brazil, pupils are spurred to academic greatness in classrooms resembling soccer pitches -- with a virtual avatar inspired by star forward Vinicius Junior cheering on every correct answer. Perched on football-patterned cushions on classroom floors of artificial grass, they learn on tablets and smartphones using
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Brazil court fines execs, firms $50 mn for deadly metro cave-in
A Brazilian court fined executives and companies including French transportation giant Alstom nearly $50 million for a 2007 collapse at a subway construction site that killed seven people, in a ruling seen by AFP Saturday. A judge for the Sao Paulo state court of justice ordered six then-directors of the municipal
Olympic champions Brazil shocked 1-0 by Paraguay in 2024 qualifier
Olympic champions Brazil suffered a setback in their bid to secure a place at this year's Paris Games after their under-23 team slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat by Paraguay on Monday in the final four South American qualifying tournament. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Venezuela are competing in a round robin
Argentina maintain winning start in WC qualifiers, Brazil stumbles against Venezuela
Lionel Messi hit a post twice after he came off the bench but struggled to deliver a strong performance following his return from injury. Still, Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 on Thursday in a South American World Cup qualifying match. But Argentina's biggest South American rival left the pitch to some jeers
44 killed in week of deadly police operations in Brazil
PM for signing trade deals with South American nations
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday stressed the need for signing preferential trade agreement (PTA) or free trade agreement (FTA) with four South American countries as Bangladesh will graduate into a developing country in 2026.The premier’s remarks came when Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres paid a courtesy call
Neymar’s future with Brazil uncertain after WC loss
Casemiro helps Brazil to overcome Swiss challenge
Lula defeats Bolsonaro to become Brazil’s president
LuizInacio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent JairBolsonaro Sunday in an extremely tight election that marks an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics. With 99.9% of the votes tallied in the runoff vote, da
FBCCI to enhance trade ties with Brazil
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) is keen to develop trade relations with Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America. As part of this initiative, the country's apex trade body has signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the Rio de Janeiro Chamber of Commerce and Industry