Brazil

The striker's communications staff did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP.

The United States remains the hardest-hit nation in the world.

The WHO has been holding clinical trials to find a treatment for COVID-19, which has killed more than 382,000 people.

The focus now falls on Latin America, which passed one million cases this week.

London's Camden Market cautiously opened for the first time in 10 weeks.

The pandemic has devastated the global economy, which is facing its worst downturn since the Great Depression.

Confirmed US deaths stood at 100,396 late Wednesday, with nearly 1.7 million infections, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Brazil has now confirmed a total of 24,512 deaths.

The US announced sanctions against a Chinese government institute and eight companies for human rights violations.

The phenomenon has become more pronounced as the pandemic progressed.

Brazil has now recorded more than 310,000 cases, with experts saying a lack of testing means the real figures are probably much higher.

The country has registered more than 290,000 cases and nearly 19,000 deaths so far.

The WHO said that 106,662 virus cases reported to the UN agency on Tuesday -- the most in a single day since the outbreak erupted in Wuhan in December.

President Bolsonaro has refused to accept health experts' recommendations on responding to the pandemic.

Brazil has registered 16,792 COVID-19 deaths, the sixth-highest toll in the world.

Authorities had registered 537 deaths and 20,081 cases across Latin America by Wednesday afternoon.

The president has called the reaction to the pandemic "overblown."

Brazilian authorities withdrew Ronaldinho's passport in November 2018 after he failed to pay a $2.5 million fine for environmental damage.

Department of Remote Sensing said the smoke had arrived in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.

Girls aged 3, 7, 10, and 13 were abused by an occult cult leader who promised their grandmother that she would win the lottery if she gave him the girls.

A 19-month-old toddler from Brighton required skin grafts after he poured superglue on himself while left unattended at a nursery.

One of the world's biggest New Year festivals took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an estimated three million revelers.

Brazilian authorities began investigating after reports that users in the country could also have been victims of data misuse.

A teenager in Brazil died trying to give birth. Her father has been arrested for raping her and being responsible for her death.

They are currently due to remain in effect until March 2020 and could be extended until June.

The BRICS summit will be the first time Bolsonaro has hosted a major international gathering since he took office in January.

Scientists are using a bacteria to dent the spread of the debilitating virus and other illnesses including Zika and chikungunya.

Aid funds offered by G7 to combat the Amazon forest fires will be accepted by Brazil if they are allowed to choose how to utilise the fund.

Brazil refuses to accept £18m and military support pledged by G7 countries at the summit.

The Oscar winner's environmental foundation, "Earth Alliance," has launched the "Amazon Forest Fund" as a relief measure