A young boy, four, has learned how to ride the waves completely unaided on his own surfboard after astounding his parents by standing up without assistance on his second ever wave at the age of two. Joao Vitor, from Guaruja, Brazil, a coastal town 55 miles from Sao Paulo, was inspired to start surfing after … Read more
Thousands of people have rushed to a remote Brazilian town after hundreds of chunks of a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite began to fall ‘like rain’ from the sky. As many as 200 fragments of the meteorite, which fell on August 19, have been found so far in Santa Filomena, northeastern Brazil. The biggest weighed 40kg and … Read more
Thousands of people have rushed to a remote Brazilian town after hundreds of chunks of a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite began to fall ‘like rain’ from the sky. As many as 200 fragments of the meteorite, which fell on August 19, have been found so far in Santa Filomena, northeastern Brazil. The biggest weighed 40kg and … Read more
People who refuse to wear a face mask or comply with social distancing are more likely to have sociopath tendencies, a study has found. Callousness, deceitfulness and manipulativeness – possible signs of a sociopath – were traits commonly found among people who broke Covid-19 safety rules. The findings come from a survey of around 1,600 … Read more
Girl, ten, ‘raped by her uncle’ undergoes abortion in Brazil as crowd of religious protesters try to storm the hospital to stop the procedure Girl from Sao Mateus in Espirito Santo rushed to hospital with abdominal pains She ‘confessed to medical staff that uncle had been raping her since she was six’ Crowd of religious protesters … Read more
Girl, ten, ‘raped by her uncle’ undergoes abortion in Brazil as crowd of religious protesters try to storm the hospital to stop the procedure Girl from Sao Mateus in Espirito Santo rushed to hospital with abdominal pains She ‘confessed to medical staff that uncle had been raping her since she was six’ Crowd of religious protesters … Read more
California now has more COVID-19 cases than most countries across the world as the US state and other hotspots including Arizona, Florida and Texas start to see a slight uptick in deaths. The number of infections in California, the most populous US state, reached 597,984 on Friday morning, according to a John Hopkins tally. The state … Read more
Brazil has become the second country to have surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May. On Saturday, Brazil’s health ministry confirmed 49,970 new confirmed cases and 905 deaths within the … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters have doused the steps at Trafalgar Square in fake blood to stand in solidarity with indigenous people dying of Covid-19 in Brazil. The group – also known as XR – dyed London’s iconic fountains bright yellow and red using food dye in their protest to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters have doused the steps at Trafalgar Square in fake blood to stand in solidarity with indigenous people dying of Covid-19 in Brazil. The group – also known as XR – dyed London’s iconic fountains bright yellow and red using food dye in their protest to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. … Read more