Saturday, November 16, 2024

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Oxygen shortage in Amazon city forces mass patient transfer

SAO PAULO (AP) — Scores of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city will be transferred out of state as the local health system collapses and dwindling stocks of oxygen tanks mean Brazilians have started to die breathless at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Brazilian women head to Argentina to avoid abortion ban

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With her 21st birthday fast approaching, Sara left the home she shares with her mother for her first trip on a plane. She didn’t tell her family the real reason she’d taken out a loan for 5,000 Brazilian reais ($1,000).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Brazilian city in Amazon declares virus state of emergency

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian city of Manaus in the heart of the Amazon has declared a 180-day state of emergency due to a surge of new cases of coronavirus, according to a statement.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic atlas: Brazil's leader scoffs, and toll rises

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The story of COVID-19 in Brazil is the story of a president who insists the pandemic is no big deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic atlas: Brazil's leader scoffs, and toll rises

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The story of COVID-19 in Brazil is the story of a president who insists the pandemic is no big deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Swift backlash for Brazil students targeting misinformation

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Before dawn on Dec. 1, Leonardo de Carvalho Leal prepared to leave his family behind in the Brazilian city of Ponta Grossa, in Parana state. His mother overwhelmed him with goodbyes and gifted him a bracelet she said had brought her luck. He fiddled with …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Horde of Brazilian bank robbers attack another city, kill 1

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Horde of Brazilian bank robbers attack another city, kill 1

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Massed Brazilian bank robbers attack another city, kill 1

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brazilian bank robbers seize another city, sow chaos, death

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after criminals struck another mid-sized city on the opposite side of the country, taking residents hostage as they looted a bank.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Dozens of bandits seize Brazilian city, loot bank

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of gunmen armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight Tuesday and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Police: Brazil man admits raping Japanese woman before death

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian man who previously confessed to killing Hitomi Akamatsu in Brazil's Goiás state has admitted that he also raped the Japanese woman, according to a statement from local police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Death on eve of Brazil's Black Consciousness Day sparks fury

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Black man died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Friday's Black Consciousness Day observations, sparking outrage after videos of the incident circulated on social media.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Backers blast halt to Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Backers blast halt to Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Backers blast halt to Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear:
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Halted Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine cause surprise

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Halted Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine cause surprise

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Brazil health regulator suspends Chinese-made vaccine trials

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event,” according to a statement it posted to its website Monday night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Fashion-forward: Affirmative action hits Brazil's runways

SAO PAULO (AP) — Bold styles are usually the talk of the town for Sao Paulo Fashion Week. This year, couture connoisseurs in Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city have focused on the models — more specifically, the color of their skin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Many world leaders express hope, relief after Biden win

World leaders congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first female vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Most world leaders express hope, relief after Biden win

World leaders swiftly congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory Saturday, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first woman vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a time of so much loss, it is rare for an individual death to stir a country. And it is extraordinary for national grief to be triggered by the passing of a puppet.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Brazil leader's ally suspended after underwear cash jackpot

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian lawmaker stepped down from his position representing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and was suspended from the senate, after police searched his house and found cash inside the underwear he was wearing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) — All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and human support dried up, resulting in a gruesome scene witnessed by fishermen: a group of cats devouring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) — All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and human support dried up, resulting in a gruesome scene witnessed by fishermen: a group of cats devouring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Brazil leader's ally suspended amid underwear cash jackpot

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian lawmaker stepped down from his position representing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and was suspended from the senate, after police searched his house and found cash inside the underwear he was wearing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) — All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and human support dried up, resulting in a gruesome scene witnessed by fishermen: a group of cats devouring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Brazil meatpacker fined for bribes that fueled US expansion

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The owner of the world’s largest meatpacker pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court on Wednesday to paying nearly $180 million in bribes to top Brazilian officials in exchange for state-backed financing used to go on a buying spree in the U.S.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) — All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and human support dried up, resulting in a gruesome scene witnessed by fishermen: a group of cats devouring …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Brazil’s poor squeezed by less virus aid, surging food costs

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Brazil’s poor squeezed by less virus aid, surging food costs

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Brazil’s poor squeezed by less virus aid, surging food costs

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Facebook joins resistance to Bolsonaro virus claims

SAO PAULO (AP) — Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who have lined up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Facebook joins resistance to Bolsonaro virus claims

His defiance has received vocal backing from supporters demanding life return to normal
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

His defiance has received vocal backing from supporters demanding life return to normal

SAO PAULO — Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who have lined up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Labels the virus as 'a little flu' and says state governors' aggressive measures to halt the disease are crimes

RIO DE JANEIRO — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's governors rise up against Bolsonaro's virus stance

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's governors are defying President Jair Bolsonaro over his call to reopen schools and businesses, dismissing his argument that the “cure” of widespread shutdowns to contain the spread of the new coronavirus is worse than the disease.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus has Brazil's Bolsonaro facing governor 'insurrection'

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's governors on Wednesday rebelled against President Jair Bolsonaro’s call for life to return to pre-coronavirus normalcy, saying his proposal to reopen schools and businesses runs counter to recommendations from health experts and endangers Latin America’s largest population.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's Bolsonaro again says coronavirus concern overblown

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday stuck with his contention that concern about the new coronavirus is overblown, and accused Brazilian media of trying to stoke nationwide hysteria.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Rio's Christ statue closes and state of emergency decreed

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the elements could muster for nearly nine decades. Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Rio's Christ statue closes and state of emergency decreed

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the elements could muster for nearly nine decades. Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Rio's Christ statue closes and state of emergency decreed

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the elements could muster for nearly nine decades. Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's biggest favela seeks foreigner ban on virus fears

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, nations have begun imposing travel restrictions and closing their borders to contain the pandemic’s spread. The latest attempt to impose controls involves a smaller territory: the hillside neighborhood of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's battered job market faces new foe: Coronavirus

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) — At Ford Motor Company’s shuttered factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a cradle of Brazil's car industry, only a handful of bored-looking staffers remain in its few administrative offices. Within the gates, outsourced workers dismantle cables and wires that will be sent for …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. Trump does not plan to be tested or go …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. Trump does not plan to be tested or go …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Tally of Brazilians missing after landslides rises to 43

SAO PAULO (AP) — The number of Brazilians missing in the wake of deadly landslides on the coast of Sao Paulo state has risen to 43, authorities said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO