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Sep262019 by adminNo Comments

Watch: Brazilian teens Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior lead Real Madrid to La Liga win

Sports

Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Real Madrid got goals from two Brazilian teenagers during a 2-0 victory against Osasuna in La Liga. The victory moved Madrid into first place in the Spanish soccer league. Vinicius Junior, 19, scored in the 36th minute, while Rodrygo, 18, scored in the 72nd minute of the match Wednesday at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Toni Kroos dribbled toward the Osasuna goal at the start of the first scoring sequence. He drew several defenders before playing the ball off to Vinicius Junior on his left. Vinicius Junior took a touch before putting the ball on his right boot. He then lofted and bent a shot toward the far post, beating Osasuna keeper Ruben for first blood. Madrid took the 1-0 edge into halftime before doubling the lead midway through the second half. Rodrygo cam...

May272019 by adminNo Comments

Brazilian officials report 42 people have been killed at a northern prison a day after 15 deaths during an inmate riot

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Brazilian officials report 42 people have been killed at a northern prison a day after 15 deaths during an inmate riot.Let's block ads! (Why?) ABC News: International

Apr12019 by adminNo Comments

Tiny Brazilian frogs glow in the dark — under a UV lamp

Science

March 29 (UPI) -- While studying the mating calls of pumpkin toadlets in the Brazilian rainforest, biologists realized the tiny frogs were deaf to their own songs. Further investigation revealed an alternate mode of communication, glow-in-the-dark bones. When scientists studied the miniature Brazilian frogs under an ultra-violet lamp, they found glowing patterns across the heads and backs of the tiny reptiles. "The fluorescent patterns are only visible to the human eye under a UV lamp," Sandra Goutte, an evolutionary biologist and researcher at New York University Abu Dhabi, said in a news release. "In nature, if they were visible to other animals, they could be used as intra-specific communication signals or as reinforcement of their aposematic coloration, warning potential predators of...

Mar122019 by adminNo Comments

Paraguay may use army to control prisons plagued by Brazilian gangs

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March 12 (UPI) -- Paraguay is considering the use of its armed forces to control detention centers housing the Brazilian gangs leading recent prison riots in the country. Vice President Hugo Velazquez, acting on behalf of President Mario Abdo, who traveled to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, said officials are considering using the army to help dissuade violence. "We are going to use the armed forces dissuasively outside the jail, so as to avoid these things," he said. The recent incidents involve inmates in Paraguay that belong to the First Capital Commando criminal band, which operates in Paraguay and Brazil. The group has nearly 300 inmates in Paraguay. On Monday, the group took four jail guards hostage at the Concepcion jail. Released after several minutes, one of freed...

Feb282018 by adminNo Comments

North Korean leaders 'used Brazilian passports'

World

Kim Jong Un and his father Kim Jong Il - who died in 2011 - used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit countries in the West in the 1990s, according to five senior European security sources.The current North Korean leader was issued a passport under the name "Josef Pwag" and his father under the name "Ijong Tchoi". The passports were used to apply for visas in at least two countries.Although the ruling family is known to have used travel documents obtained under false pretences, the photocopies of the Brazilian passports have not been published before.One senior Western security source, speaking anonymously, said: "They used these Brazilian passports, which clearly show the photographs of Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Il, to attempt to obtain visas from foreign e...