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Brazil says it is close to a deal to buy cheap Russian fuel as the Ukraine war sends energy prices spiraling worldwide
As the EU and US blocked Russian oil imports, countries like China and India have been snapping up …
Sinéad Baker
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Brazil's Mato Grosso declares environmental emergency after wildfire destroyed 1.4 million hectares of vegetation
Brazil's southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul has declared a state of environmental emergency after…
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COVID-19 vaccine updates: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine volunteer in Brazil dies, trial to continue
Vaccine development requires years, sometimes decades, of research. However, since COVID-19 struck,…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro vows to break NYC COVID-19 mandate by attending UN meetings without getting vaccinated
"Why would I get vaccinated?" Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said in an online broadcast about …
Kelly McLaughlin
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COVID-19 vaccine tracker: Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effective, Eli Lilly’s antibody drug therapy gets FDA nod for emergency use, Brazil suspends trial of Chinese coronavirus vaccine
It takes a decade or two to design, test, and launch an effective vaccine that can protect billi…
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A Brazilian health council has started releasing the country's full coronavirus count after Brazil wiped months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker
President of CONASS Alberto Beltrame said the health council's decision was guided by "science, tru…
Weng Cheong
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Brazil wiped months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker, the latest attempt by Jair Bolsonaro to play down the crisis
On Friday, the Ministry of Health's website went offline. It went back up on Saturday, but without …
Bill Bostock
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COVID-19 vaccine latest updates: Astrazeneca’s manufacturing ‘error’ raises concerns on vaccine efficacy, Covaxin to begin phase III trials in Gujarat
The latest wave of COVID-19 infections across the world has taken the global tally of cases over th…
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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine safe for people with weak immunity says Oxford Professor Sarah Gilbert
Volunteers have begun participating in Brazil's first clinical trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. …
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Global Covid-19 cases top 22.5 million, Johns Hopkins
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.5 million, while the deaths have incre…
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With nearly 39,000 fresh cases, India's coronavirus tally surges to 10,77,618
According to Health Ministry data, as many as 6,77,422 patients have recovered, almost twice the…
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India surpasses UK COVID-19 tally to become fourth worst-hit country in the world
India has registered over 9,500 cases for the seventh day in a row, while the one-day casualty f…
PTI
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Coronavirus cases in India rise to 1,636, 132 cured and 38 dead
It is day eight of a 21-day lockdown here in India. As the country entered the critical phase of Co…
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Coronavirus cases across the world: 276,179 infected, 91,952 recovered and 11.406 dead
Italy is the worst-hit country outside China, reported the maximum number of deaths due to the d…
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India now has more than 2,07,615 coronavirus cases –8,900 new cases in the last 24 hours
India witnessed closed to 9,000 new cases on Wednesday as the total case count of coronavirus mount…
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COVID-19 vaccine tracker: German CureVac shows an immune response, Aspen Pharmacare and J&J sign pact to make vaccine in South Africa
It takes a decade or two to design, test, and launch an effective vaccine that can protect billi…
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The heat is on Mark Zuckerberg in India as Facebook and WhatsApp incur the ire of Modi's rivals
Facebook and WhatsApp have come under the scanner in India again, this time for ignoring hate spe…
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Brazil is officially junk
Geert Aalbers and Thomas Favaro at consultancy Control Risks said in a note on Thursday: "While oth…
Linette Lopez
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Elon Musk abruptly stopped tweeting last week, and no one knows why
It's a mysterious silence for Musk, whose tweets have made headlines near-daily since he announced …