Moment tanker truck slammed into car at a highway intersection in Brazil, killing its driver before striking a bus that burst in flames WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT A male taxi driver was killed during a three-vehicle accident in Brazil on Tuesday Surveillance video shows a truck driver slamming into a car at road intersection in the … Read more
An explosion of cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant in Canada shows how even strict quarantine hotels cannot completely block troubling strains from crossing borders, experts warned today. Scientists told MailOnline it was ‘inevitable’ when dealing with highly infectious new variants that they find a way to ‘leak’ out of the isolation scheme – which is … Read more
A Canadian ski resort was forced to shut down after officials confirmed more than 800 cases of the highly contagious Brazil COVID-19 variant in British Columbia. The Whistler Blackcomb resort was shut down by officials in the province of British Columbia on March 29. ‘We were just informed today by the Province of British Columbia … Read more
India has overtaken Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, as it reported a new daily record of more than 168,000 cases. The vast nation of 1.3 billion people has been reporting a rapid increase in new infections in recent weeks, with the surge taking the total toll to 13.5 million … Read more
Brazil builds new 140ft statue of Jesus even higher than Christ the Redeemer as country’s Covid-19 crisis continues with more than 345,000 dead Named Christ the Protector, the statue stands at 43 meters in Encantado, Brazil The project is designed to encourage tourism to the area and to inspire faith Elsewhere, Brazil has second highest … Read more
Black chocolate wrappers make consumers think that confectionary will taste more bitter, while yellow and pink create expectations of sweetness, a study found. Researchers from Brazil asked 420 individuals to predict the taste qualities of slabs of milk and dark chocolate that came presented in different coloured packaging. They also found that black wrapping made people expect … Read more
PFIZER WHEN WAS IT APPROVED? December 11, 2020 WHO CAN GET IT? Anyone 16 or older DOSAGE: 2 doses, given 21 days apart HOW DOES IT WORK? Uses messenger RNA to deliver a tiny bit of genetic code from the virus to ‘teach’ the body to make a protein that provoke antibody production HOW EFFECTIVE … Read more
Brazil has recorded its largest one-day death toll of the Covid pandemic so far after 4,249 people perished from the disease in just 24 hours on Thursday. The figure tops the country’s previous one-day record, set just 48 hours earlier, which was 4,195. It brings the country’s death total to 345,025 – the second-highest in … Read more
Glenn Greenwald has speculated that coronavirus lockdowns could have contributed to the armed robbery that saw him bound and held at gunpoint for an hour at his farm in Brazil last month. The journalist, who was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting about government surveillance programs based on leaks … Read more
Brazilian law student, 20, dies after playing Russian roulette with his .38 calibre revolver while drinking with a friend Cades Emanuel Pimenta Santos Norte, 20, had taken the .38 calibre revolver out and started playing Russian roulette which his friend at home in Janaúba, Brazil They took it in turns to hold the loaded gun … Read more