Five cities in southern Brazil have suspended classes due to the ... Rio Grande, one of the five cities — all of which are in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul — said its schools were ...

The death toll after a bridge linking two states in northern Brazil collapsed has risen to ... The 533-metre bridge between the cities of Estreito and Aguiarnopolis was built in the 1960s.

SAO PAULO — Five cities in southern Brazil suspended classes Thursday due to a heat wave, authorities said, as temperatures in some places rose as high as 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit).