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Sao Paulo E-Prix "could go down to the last lap" due to slipstreaming nature

The championship will race for the first time in the country on Saturday on a similar layout which was previously used by IndyCar between 2010-2013.

Autosport

Formula E thrives as Brazilian tradition meets innovation on streets of Sao Paulo

Exclusive: Drivers Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara speak to The Independent ahead of another weekend of unpredictable action

The Independent UK

Women sumo wrestlers 'breaking prejudice' in Brazil

Sao Paulo (AFP) - If the phrase "sumo wrestler" calls to mind a hefty Asian man in a loincloth, Valeria and Diana Dall'Olio, a mother-daughter sumo wrestling team from Brazil, have a message: think again.

AFP

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Death Toll from Brazil Floods, Landslides Rises

The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state reached 57 people on Friday, official figures showed. Massive downpours have caused landslides and flooding in coastal towns of Brazil's richest state since last weekend. The city of Sao Sebastiao bore the brunt of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Death toll from Brazil floods, landslides reaches 57

The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state reached 57 people on Friday, official figures showed.

Reuters

Brazil storm death toll rises to 50

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Brazilian authorities said Thursday evening that the death toll from floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the country's southeast had risen to at least 50, with emergency workers continuing to dig through the wreckage.

AFP

Brazil downpours leave at least 50 dead as rescue ship arrives

A Brazilian Navy ship arrived in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao on Thursday to help rescue victims of the heavy rains afflicting southeast Brazil, which have killed at least 50 people and displaced thousands.

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Brazil floods leave cutoff survivors scrambling for supplies

Hundreds of residents of a rain-battered region in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state are scrambling to find water and daily supplies after floods and mudslides cut off their communities and left at least 48 people dead

The Independent UK

Death toll from Brazil downpours rises to 46; more rain forecast

The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state rose to 46 people on Tuesday, according to officials, with more precipitation expected.

Reuters

Brazil deluge toll hits 44 as search continues for missing

The death toll from flooding and landslides in Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo has reached 44

The Independent UK

Death toll rises from landslides and flooding in Brazil as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledges to build safer homes

The death toll from the devastating rain and landslides in south-eastern Brazil rises to 40, with three dozen people still missing.

ABC News

Brazil deluge kill 36, search continues for dozens missing

Hundreds of rescuers in Brazil are searching for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of the country’s southern state of Sao Paulo following a huge weekend downpour

The Independent UK

Lula visits disaster zone after Brazil floods kill 36

São Sebastião (Brazil) (AFP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday toured a resort region turned disaster zone where torrential rains killed at least 36 people just as carnival celebrations were held in Brazil, where dozens remained missing.

AFP

Heavy rains leave dozens dead in Brazil as cities cancel Carnival

The cities of Sao Sebastiao, Ubatuba, Ilhabela and Bertioga, some of the hardest hit and now under state of calamity, canceled their Carnival festivities as rescue teams struggle to find the missing.

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Brazil floods: Dozens dead and carnival festivities cancelled after torrential rain

35 killed in Sao Sebastiao while seven-year-old girl dies in neighbouring Ubatuba

The Independent UK

Dozens dead as flooding and landslides hit carnival revellers in Brazil

Residents are bracing for more rains, raising the prospect of a higher death toll

Asharq Al-Awsat

Heavy Rains Leave 36 Dead in Brazil, Cities Cancel Carnival

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said Sunday, and the fatalities could rise. Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that 35 died in the city of Sao Sebastiao and a 7-year-old girl was killed in neighboring…

The Independent UK

26 dead amid heavy rains in Brazil, cities cancel Carnival

Brazilian authorities said Sunday at least 26 people died in two cities in north Sao Paulo state amid floods and landslides and the number could rise

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'Crackland' clown seeks to bring hope to Brazil addicts

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Every Thursday, Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone trades his white lab coat for a red clown nose and heads to a decidedly unfunny place: a squalid Sao Paulo neighborhood known as "Crackland."

AFP

Brazilian FA denies agreement with Ancelotti

Sao Paulo (AFP) - The Brazilian football federation on Friday denied it had reached an agreement with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to take charge of the five-time World Cup winners.

Reuters

LGBT Brazilians compete in country's first drag king contest

At a downtown Sao Paulo tattoo studio, drag performer Hinacio King has a six-pack contoured onto their abdomen and their breasts tightly tapped down to transform into their alter ego.

Daily Mirror

Massive aeroplane fight breaks out between two families in flight row over window seat

The row erupted between two families on a Gol Airlines flight bound to Sao Paulo-Congonhas from Salvador in Brazil, after a mum's request to switch seats was turned down

Al Jazeera

Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution risk

Critics of Brazil’s planned sinking of the Sao Paulo described it as a ‘state-sponsored environmental crime’.

AFP

Brazil calls for crackdown on racism in football

Sao Paulo (AFP) - The Brazilian Football Confederation said Friday it had sent a letter to FIFA calling for a crackdown on racism in the sport, after a series of incidents targeting players including Brazil star Vinicius Junior.

Reuters

Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States

Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.

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