Galapagos decision premature, say researchers
| Brasilia - A body which gives conservation advice to Unesco on Thursday criticised the removal of the Galapagos islands from the United Nations agency's list of endangered world heritage, calling it...
Vale profit soars on new iron pricing
| RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian mining giant Vale's second-quarter profits soared more than four-fold from a year earlier on higher iron prices and a new pricing system that let the company get higher pr...
Emerging market capital curbs may be just the ticket
| LONDON - Investors are buying more long-dated bonds and overseas-listed shares in key emerging markets, suggesting capital controls set up in these countries may be helping curb volatile portfolio f...
City may leave £32.5m Robinho out of squad
| Manchester City may be facing the prospect of paying Robinho, the most expensive footballer in the history of the English game, to sit in the stands as the player prepares to head back to pre-season...
Santos Loan Star Robinho Admits He Has To Return To Manchester City With Future Unclear
Striker won't be allowed to resume loan spell in Brazil... | By Josh Smith | Share | Manchester City striker Robinho will not be staying at Brazilian outfit Santos, after his club refused to allow his...
Get your game phase on
| A wise person once said that self-pity and self-destructive ego are a sure-shot recipe for disaster. As Indians, we should neither eulogise nor crow over the "failure" of a landmark event that, amaz...
Party hearty
| On Sunday, Quincy becomes Rio de Janeiro, where you can dance, dance, dance at the "I Love House Musik'' Beach Party. Well, we exaggerate a tad, because it's not the city of Quincy that's transforme...
Fairmount tows another Diamond Offshore rig to Brazil
| - | More | Fairmount Marine has towed another rig belonging to Diamond Offshore to Brazil. | The first rig it towed to Brazil was Ocean Courage; followed by Ocean Valor; and now by&nb...
Iran ready to stop uranium enrichment - report
| ANKARA (AFP) - Iran pledged to halt enriching uranium if world powers agree to a nuclear fuel swap deal it signed with Turkey and Brazil, a newspaper on Thursday quoted Turkey's foreign minister as ...
Avant samba
| Without reading the track listing, it takes a moment to place the familiar lyrics: "Relax your mind/ Lay back and groove with mine,'' coos the heavily accented baritone over a spare beat and seducti...
Weak home market cuts Santander profit 8%
| Madrid: Banco Santander, the biggest Spanish bank, said second-quarter profit fell 8 per cent after a drop in earnings in its home market offset growth in Brazil. | Net income declined to 2.23 ...
Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop
Unesco's World Heritage Committee said it has removed Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites, due to protective efforts in the Pacific archipelago. | //--> Friday, July 30, 2010...
Valdivia abandons Al Ain to be back with Palmeiras
| Dubai: Chilean World Cup star, Jorge Valdivia returned to Palmeiras on Tuesday, leaving Al Ain without a third foreign signing less than a month away from the start of the season. | Attacking midfie...
South Americans try to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
| QUITO (Reuters) - South American foreign ministers meet in Ecuador on Thursday to discuss broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia, with sparks likely over the two Andean nations' clashing plans t...
Iconic Australian animals follow evolution trail back to South America
| IT is the most Australian of animals, as dinky-di as Uluru and the Opera House. | But new research suggests the kangaroo and all of our marsupials, from wombats to Tassie devils, are descended from ...
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a pr...
Massa declares Alonso will not pass him again
| BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Felipe Massa has no intention of letting Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso pass him if the two are fighting for the win at the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend. | "I will...
