BRASILIA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) deleted the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underscores the complicated territory that social media titans are navigating in some of the world’s largest jurisdictions. Brazilian President Jair …
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SAO PAULO (AP) – Jussara de Jesús never thought that her family would live in a shack. But work as a hairdresser dried up after the new coronavirus hit the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo. She couldn’t pay $ 150 a month in rent for the small house where she …
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(Reuters) – Nearly 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections in the past week, about double the number it did the week before, according to a Reuters count showing a rebound in the pandemic in every region of the world. FILE PHOTO: A nurse works inside a …
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Brazil has suffered a record 68,000 new cases of coronavirus, while South Africa experienced its largest daily increase in deaths as the crisis continues to escalate in two of the most affected countries in the world. In Brazil, the 67,860 new cases announced last night break the previous record of …
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SYDNEY / LONDON (Reuters) – Global coronavirus infections rose more than 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters count, with the pace of the pandemic even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians clean their supplies outside Memorial West Hospital, where …
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