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Chinese oil firms, Europe's giants win Brazil auction China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights to the huge "Libra" Atlantic oilfield.

22 October 2013

Chinese firms to star in upcoming Brazil oil auction Chinese oil giants CNOOC and CNPC will be in a prime position in next week's first auction of deep-water concessions in Brazil's coveted Libra oilfield.

18 October 2013

Brazil aims to build advanced fighter jets with Russia Brazil said Wednesday it hopes to develop state-of-the-art combat aircraft with Russia, and purchase surface-to-air missile batteries from Moscow.

18 October 2013

Brazil singers fight for right to veto biographies Famous Brazilian songwriters -- long activists for freedom of expression -- are themselves coming under fire as they fight an attempt to overturn a law allowing celebrities to veto unauthorized biographies.

15 October 2013

Brazil antitrust body opens Google probe Brazil's antitrust authority said Friday it has opened a probe into allegations that Google engaged in anti-competitive practices in the domestic online search market.

13 October 2013

Spying not illegal, says Canada eavesdropping chief Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency chief spoke for the first time Wednesday since allegations of spying on Brazil's mining and energy ministry, saying its work is legal and doesn't target Canadians.

11 October 2013

Brazil to host Internet governance summit next year Brazil, which has slammed massive US electronic spying on its territory, said Wednesday it would host a global summit on Internet governance in April.

10 October 2013

Prehistoric Brazil artifacts star in exhibit, spark debate It's no secret humans have been having sex for millennia -- but recently discovered cave art suggests they were doing it in the Americas much earlier than many archeologists believed.

10 October 2013

Global world steel use set to grow 3.1 pct this year Global steel use is expected to grow 3.1 percent this year, up from two percent last year and to expand 3.3 percent in 2014.

08 October 2013

Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register her new party for next year's elections.

06 October 2013

Judo: Kazakhstan judoka gets $81 thousand for silver at World Championship Kazakhstan judoka Azamat Mukanov has been awarded with 12.5 million tenge ($81 thousand) for winning the silver medal at the World Championship in Brazil.

06 October 2013

Brazil economy in need of reforms, reduced state bloat Brazil, Latin America's economic behemoth, is in dire need of structural reforms and reduced government bloat to fuel sustainable growth.

03 October 2013

Rio police use tear gas to disperse teacher protest Police in Rio de Janeiro used tear gas Tuesday to disperse around 100 protesting teachers who tried to disrupt the city council vote on a wage increase.

02 October 2013

Soft drink giants failing to stop land grabs: Oxfam US soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo must make their sugar suppliers act to stop so-called land grabs in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia.

02 October 2013

Brazil's Petrobras announces new oil find Brazil's oil giant Petrobras announced a new crude find Friday off the country's northeastern coast.

28 September 2013

Olympics: Brazil audit shows Rio Games preparations off target An audit into the finances of the 2016 Rio Olympics shows preparations are behind schedule with earmarked state cash largely unspent.

27 September 2013

Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.

25 September 2013

Brazil beauty industry sets sights on men In the wealthy Jardins neighborhood of Sao Paulo, one street boasts five beauty salons, but the Mr Jardins shop stands out from the pack -- catering to a male clientele.

23 September 2013

Audi to produce luxury cars in Brazil from 2015 Audi, the top-of-the-range carmaker owned by German auto giant Volkswagen, on Tuesday said it would start producing cars in Brazil from 2015.

18 September 2013

Amazon deforestation due in part to soybean growing Fighting deforestation of the Amazon for cattle raising and farming is one of the great rallying cries of the world's conservationists.

17 September 2013

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