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Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered corruption investigations against eight ministers and dozens of other top politicians in a broad measure that affects nearly a third of President Michel Temer’s cabinet and many of his political allies.
Brazil has harshly criticized Zionist regime for having recently approved construction of new settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years.
Tens of thousands of Brazilians returned to the streets Friday to protest reforms backed by President Michel Temer’s conservative government.
Concerns are rising over the health of meat products exported to global consumption markets by giant South American producer Brazil.
Police in Brazil’s crisis-hit southeastern Espirito Santo State have remained inactive despite statements by officials that a deal has been reached with the police forces so that they end a week-long strike.
Over 100 people have reportedly been killed in Brazil over several days of anarchy as police forces have been on strike and unavailable.
Firefighting airplanes from Russia and Brazil have arrived in Chile to help combat the country’s raging wildfires which have so far displaced thousands of people and reduced vast stretches of forests to ashes.
The latest prison riot in northern Brazil is thought to have claimed the lives of more than 30 people, police sources say.
Gang fights have reportedly left at least 10 people dead in a prison in northern Brazil, in the latest of a series of similar incidents in the South American country.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Brazilian police for its excessive use of force against people while criticizing overcrowded prisons across the country which the rights group said have exposed inmates to violent gangs.