A judge in Brazil has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across the country because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.

More than 100 cities in Brazil are rationing water amid the worst drought to hit the country in decades.

A blaze tore through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early yesterday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the exits.

Feisty rocker Alanis Morissette, relaxing in the Amazon before a tour of Latin America’s biggest country, is communing with the dolphins and wild monkeys in Brazil.

A disposable nappy saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor window, officials in Brazil said today.