A majority in Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes. Six out of 11 judges voted to consider discrimination against gays and transgender people equivalent to racism. The decision will give the community, which…
Brazil violence: Gunmen kill 11 people in bar in Belém (BBC)
Masked gunmen killed 11 people indiscriminately after bursting into a bar in the northern Brazilian city of Belém on Sunday. The shooting happened in Guamá, a poor and violent neighbourhood of the city in the Amazon region. Local media speculated…
Lagos CP expresses command’s readiness for the polls (Guardian) * I’m APC member, though I’m Atiku’s spokesman —Galadima (Punch)
Lagos CP expresses command’s readiness for the polls (Guardian) The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Zubairu Muazu, on Thursday expressed the Command’s readiness for a hitch free elections in the state. The CP assured that all black spots in…
Victims named in Rio football club fire (BBC)
A fire has engulfed a dormitory at the youth team training centre of one of Brazil’s biggest football clubs, killing 10 teenage players. The victims were all staying at Ninho de Urubu, the training ground of Flamengo football club in…
Hundreds missing after Brazil dam collapse (BBC)
Some 200 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, company officials say. The break caused a sea of muddy sludge that buried the dam’s cafeteria where hundreds of workers were eating lunch.…
Brazilian healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women (CNN)
More than 300 women have accused Brazilian faith healer João Teixeira de Faria of sexually abusing them, according to Brazil’s state media agency, citing the Department of Public Ministry of the state of Goiás. The women, from countries around the…
Gunman opens fire on church, killing 4 (CNN)
A gunman opened fire on a church in the Brazilian city of Campinas on Tuesday, killing four people before turning the gun on himself, CNN affiliate Record TV reported. Police earlier said the shooter killed five, but have scaled that…
Neymar earns Brazil win against Uruguay (BBC)
A controversial Neymar penalty earned Brazil victory against Uruguay in a fiercely contested friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The Paris St-Germain striker converted from the spot after Diego Laxalt was harshly adjudged to have fouled Manchester City’s Danilo. Neymar was…
Ronaldinho has passport seized as court finds just £5 in his bank account (Metro)
A Brazilian judge has ordered Ronaldinho’s passport to be confiscated as the former Barcelona forward has failed to pay off his £1.7 million debt. In 2015, Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis were fined for environmental damage after they built…
Bolsonaro’s victory sparks fears among Brazil’s LGBT+ community (Independent)
Jair Bolsonaro’s election as Brazilian president has sparked deep concerns within the country’s gay and trans community about a future under a leader with a history of homophobia. According to Dailymail.co.uk. In 2011, Bolsonaro told a reporter he would prefer…