Brazil
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Conrad Leach: A bad-tempered end to the season has followed his summer humiliation with Brazil to leave the veteran coach facing an uncertain future
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Picturing Place: In the first of a series looking at how imagery shapes our cities, we look at the origin of Brasilia and how it started life as a simple drawing
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Australian race driver has been involved in a serious crash at a World Endurance Championship race in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Australian racing driver appears unhurt after heavy collision in later stages of six-hour endurance race in São Paulo
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Rio lights worlds biggest floating Christmas tree - video
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David Hill: Indigenous peoples say oil operations by Canadian firm in Peru pose danger to Brazil
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Pelé was expected to make a full recovery and reports of his condition were being greatly exaggerated
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The Brazil football legend Pelé has denied reports he had been moved into a special care unit in hospital in São Paulo
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Levels fell to second-lowest level in quarter century, Brazil’s environment minister said, in wake of adoption of controversial bill revising the Forest Code
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Box office analysis: global Beyond the UK and US: what films are top of the box office for the rest of the world?
The Lego Movie is the top grossing film so far this year in the UK. Guardians of the Galaxy tops the charts in the US, but what is most popular among movie-goers in other countries around the world? -
Tereza Campello, Brazil’s social development minister, says higher wages and bolsa familia have reduced inequality; now education will do even more
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Games organisers show off the unnamed fluffy pair who carry their merchandising hopes
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The Jerusalem synagogue attack, the missing students in Mexico, the continuing crisis on the Turkish-Syrian border – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Renewables star Brazil is now backtracking towards fossil fuels. Why, when wind could provide vital jobs? Fabíola Ortiz investigates
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Brazil's asbestos industry is exacting a terrible human toll. Up to 15,000 Brazilians die of asbestos-related diseases annually, yet there is no political will for change
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Court’s cancellation of Swiss asbestos polluter’s jail sentence dismays activists in Brazil, where substance is widely used
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Labour increases pressure on Tories over government cuts after prime minister’s warning as Japan enters recession
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The gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro attracted thousands of revellers dressed in colourful attire under a large rainbow flag
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Four officers in court over fatal pursuit of Roberto Curti in Sydney in which he was handcuffed, hit with pepper spray and knelt on
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Netherlands-based Access to Medicine Foundation praises ‘big pharma’ efforts to improve availability of medicines
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10-14 November: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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A team of artists complete what could be the largest sandcastle ever built in Niteroi, Brazil
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Severe droughts in São Paulo and California shatter the misguided belief in a limitless supply of water, and business is starting to feel the effects
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Rio finally gets its first nudist beach following a campaign by activists
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A project analysing tweets alongside take-up of HIV services during the Rio world cup suggests social media has huge potential for improving public health
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Brazilian police ‘make abusive use of lethal force to respond to crime and violence’, says study by public safety NGO
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The former Brazil striker Adriano has been charged over alleged links to a notorious drug lord in Rio de Janeiro
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Oliviera’s repurposed plywood construction hoardings wind their way around the university contemporary art museum’s white columns in a tangle of roots
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With 370 dead over 10 years, governments need to do more to catch the killers, says the Committee to Protect Journalists
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Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
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Vila Brasilândia, a slum city on the edge of São Paulo, has found unconventional ways to tackle urbanisation, resource scarcity and climate change
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National Museum in the Brazilian capital on Monday, the day after Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party was narrowly re-elected president
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Bianca Suyama and Gonzalo Berrón: Brazil needs to live up to its ideals on the global stage, and civil society activists have a role to play
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The NHS is in trouble and its chief executive, Simon Stevens, has requested £8bn to save it. But how does Britain’s system compare with healthcare around the world – and what can we learn?
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Brazil should take lead on climate, not just broker talks