Atletico Mineiro return to training under strict hygiene regulations with Brazil suffering high casualties from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazil soccer club Atletico Mineiro step up hygiene rules in return to training

At least 46 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the south east of the country, authorities said on Sunday.

Nearly 50 dead, thousands displaced as storms lash southeast of Brazil

The toll from a dam collapse last week at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 115 dead and 248 missing, according to officials Saturday. The emergency service for the state of Minas Gerais, where the January 25 disaster occurred near the town of Brumadinho, said the search was ongoing for bodies.

Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 115 dead, 248 missing

Three employees of Brazilian miner Vale SA and two other engineers working on behalf of the company were arrested on Tuesday, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo state prosecutors said.

Five arrested, including three Vale staff after Brazil dam disaster

Grief over the hundreds of Brazilians feared killed in a mining disaster has quickly hardened into anger as victims' families and politicians say iron ore miner Vale SA and regulators have learned nothing from the recent past.

Brazilian despair turns to anger as toll from Vale dam disaster hits 60

The fever was centred in rural areas of Minas Gerais, with the health ministry probing another 47 deaths and 368 suspected cases

Brazil: At least 40 killed in yellow fever outbreak

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