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Elon Musk, left, and Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Elon Musk’s X faces steep daily fines in Brazil for allegedly evading a ban on the service there, according to a statement from the country’s supreme court Thursday. The fines imposed by Brazil’s supreme court amount to $5 million…
Canada, fuelled by a 2-1 win over the U.S. and scoreless draw with Mexico, has jumped two places to No. 38 in the FIFA men’s world rankings released Thursday. Of the top six CONCACAF teams, Canada was the only one to move up. Mexico was unchanged at No. 17 while the U.S. and Panama each…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil, where cases of intolerance have doubled over the past six years. Hundreds of men, women and children from more than a dozen faiths participated in the event, known as…
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter has more than 22 million users in Brazil. Braslia: Brazil’s Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk’s companies to pay fines incurred by his social network X, which has been suspended in the country. Judge Alexandre…
It is practically impossible to hold a World Cup today like the one held in Chile in 1962. A country that, two years earlier, suffered the largest earthquake in contemporary history in Valdivia, a 9.5-magnitude tremor that killed more than 2,000 people. The book Spain in the last romantic world cup, The book by Chilean…
What looked like a bounce back for Canada at the Paralympic Games was more of a return to form. Canada’s 10 gold medals in Paris were the most since 19 in Beijing in 2008, and also doubled the output at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The 29 medals overall matched Rio in 2016 and…
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love injured his medial collateral ligament in the team’s season-opening game, but didn’t suffer damage to his ACL and should return at some point this season, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team…
SAO PAULO — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began flooding Sao Paulo’s main boulevard for an Independence Day rally Saturday, buoyed by the government’s blocking of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform, a ban they say is proof of their political persecution. A few thousand demonstrators, clad in the yellow-and-green colors of Brazil’s…
SpaceX’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, announced that it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to block access to the social media platform X. “Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” Elon Musk’s Starlink said on X….
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Brazil’s telecommunications regulator threatened sanctions against Elon Musk’s satellite internet firm Starlink, as a public confrontation with the billionaire escalates over the country’s decision to block his social media company X. Last week, Brazil’s supreme court ordered a nationwide suspension of X for not appointing a legal representative…
