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Brazilians hold nationwide protests against Bolsonaro's Covid handling

The demonstrations in the capital Brasilia and in Rio de Janeiro were peaceful, but in the northeastern city of Recife, police threw tear gas and shot rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.

Turkish delivery app Getir eyes UK market, new funds with $800M valuation

Turkey’s biggest online delivery service Getir is closing in on $100M funding deal with plans to hit London first early this year, sources report.

Brazil's president faces scathing criticism over incompetent vaccine plan

President Jair Bolsonaro has persistently defied expert advice on containing the pandemic and recently declared he did not plan to be vaccinated.

Brazil sees record virus deaths as pandemic surges in Latin America

After Asia, Europe and North America, Latin America has seen coronavirus infections surge in recent days and now accounts for about 580,000 of the world's nearly five million confirmed cases.

Trump taking malaria drug as hedge against Covid-19 – latest updates

The global coronavirus pandemic has affected over 4.8 million people, with around 319,000 deaths, according to a tracker. Here are more coronavirus-related developments for May 18:

Brazil's Bolsonaro snaps photos with kids at protest defying health advice

Demonstrators in Brasilia and Sao Paulo defy local stay-at-home orders to join pro-Jair Bolsonaro rallies at a time when president is facing increasing pressure over his handling of pandemic, which has killed more than 15,000 Brazilians.

To celebrate mothers trapped in quarantine, Sao Paulo gets creative

Dressed in a dark blue suit, wearing a plastic face shield and riding atop a modified flatbed truck, musician Rodrigo Cunha serenades the region's mothers, many of whom are forced to pass this Mother's Day without their children or grandchildren.

Brazil posts daily record of 600 coronavirus deaths

Capital of Brazil's tropical Maranhao state becomes first major city in country to enter a lockdown in the hopes of preventing the coronavirus pandemic from overwhelming the health care system there.

Loved ones bury Covid-19 victims at funerals attended by few

Social distancing imposed by most countries means burials are only attended by one or two family members. As patients with Covid-19 are treated in total isolation at hospitals, many of them die without a chance to say goodbye to family and friends.

'Chaos plus virus': Latin America tightens coronavirus measures

Here are the latest measures taken in several Latin American countries to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Italy overtakes China's coronavirus death toll – latest updates

Coronavirus has infected more than 230,000 people worldwide and killed around 10,000 as countries race to slow deadly virus from spreading. Here's what's happening on March 19:

Chaotic climate, chaotic cities fuel Brazil flood toll

Flash floods, landslides and other havoc wrought by torrential rain have killed at least 29 people in recent days in the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro while another 25 are missing.