Sao Paulo

Heavy rains leave 36 dead in Brazil

Feb 20, 2023

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state.

Pelé’s family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo

Dec 25, 2022

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.

Teenage forward Marquinhos joins Arsenal from Sao Paulo

Jun 15, 2022

Nineteen-year-old forward Marquinhos has joined Premier League club Arsenal from Sao Paulo on a long-term contract

Soccer great Pelé urges Putin to stop war in Ukraine

Jun 2, 2022

Pelé published a message Wednesday urging Vladimir Putin to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Pelé released from hospital, continues tumor treatment

Dec 24, 2021

Brazilian soccer great Pelé was released from a Sao Paulo hospital on Thursday but will continue being treated for a colon tumor.

Brazil tops 600,000 virus deaths amid doubts about delta

Oct 9, 2021

Bars in Brazil’s biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again

Sao Paulo extends lockdown amid surge in COVID-19 cases

Jun 24, 2021

Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo on Wednesday announced that its lockdown measures would be prolonged until July 15.

Brazil's COVID-19 deaths pass 400,000

Apr 30, 2021

Brazil reported 3,001 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the national death toll to 401,186, the Ministry of Health reported.

Deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil close in on 390,000

Apr 25, 2021

Brazil registered 3,076 more COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 389,492, the country's Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.