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A few weeks ago COVID was ravaging the continent. Now new infections have fallen in nearly every nation as vaccination rates have ramped up.
The Brazilian scientists were sceptical. They ran different models to check calculations,but they all returned the same startling result.
The site included forums where members from around the globe exchanged images and videos showing children being sexually abused.
They were killed in Paraguayan security operation that brought criticism of rightist President Mario Abdo Benitez's government from human rights organisations.
President Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed the gravity of his country's death toll having passed China's,but his neighbours are taking steps to curb the spread.
Ronaldinho and his brother were held in jail for 32 days before being released on $1.6 million bail.
The former Brazilian international star Ronaldinho Gaucho and his brother were ruled a flight risk after allegedly entering the country with falsified documents.
Paraguay's Justice Minister says the operation would have taken days and it was obvious that the escape was a"paid plan".
A single,repeated fault,shut down the entire grid and left tens of millions of people across three countries without power.
Most countries do not recognise Israeli sovereignty over the entire city and say its final status should be set in peace talks.