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Brazil stops publishing coronavirus data; Bolsonaro says website 'not representative' of reality as experts warn against undermining pandemic’s gravity
•Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation
Amazonas city runs out of coffins, undertakers dig mass graves as coronavirus toll in Brazil climbs to 6,276; can’t work miracles, says Jair Bolsonaro
•Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves
Amazon forest fires rise by 83%, says Brazil space agency; findings raise concerns over govt's environmental policies
Fp Staff •Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil’s space research centre INPE
Amazon forest fires rise by 83%, says Brazil space agency; findings raise concerns over President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policy
•Since Thursday, INPE said satellite images spotted 9,507 new forest fires in the country
Clashes between prisoners in Brazil's Amazonas claim 15 lives; authorities say victims were killed with sharpened toothbrushes
•Some of the inmates were stabbed with sharpened toothbrushes, while others had been strangled, Brazil's Colonel Almeida said, adding that an investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the fight
60 killed in Brazil prison as fighting breaks out between rival gangs
•At least 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil's Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said on Monday.
From São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro and Manaus, getting to know Brazil through its cities
Sandeepa And Chetan Karkhanis •When we landed in São Paulo, Brazil, little did we know that we were in for a five-month journey through South America
Tragic start: Amazon jaguar shot dead at Olympic torch ceremony in Brazil
•There are two World Cups, one in north and one in south: Pirlo
Fp Archives •There are two World Cups going on in Brazil - one in the warmer north and another in the cooler south - and Italy are bearing the brunt of playing in the heat and humidity, midfielder Andrea Pirlo said on Monday.
Cameroon, Croatia clash in do-or-die game
Fp Archives •Cameroon and Croatia clash in Manaus on Wednesday looking to put their troubles behind them and keep alive their hopes of making the World Cup knock-out rounds.