Adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) have been banned in the UK for trivialising the risks and exploiting women’s insecurities around body image. All of them appeared on Facebook or Instagram and used time-limited deals to “irresponsibly pressurise” customers into booking, says the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). One ad, for example, […]
Brazil has fined Elon Musk’s companies after some users in the country were able to briefly access the social media platform X, despite a ban imposed last month. Brazilian users swarmed the site on Wednesday after X updated how its servers within the country were accessed. The platform’s restoration was unintended, the company said. Hours […]
Former Brazil forward Ronaldinho is being held by police in Paraguay for allegedly using a fake passport to enter the country, authorities say. Police searched a hotel in the capital, Asuncion, on Wednesday, where the star had been staying with his brother. Paraguay’s interior minister told ESPN Brazil that the pair had not been arrested […]
A Brazilian gang leader tried to escape from prison by dressing up as his 19-year-old daughter who was visiting him. Clauvino da Silva, known as “Shorty,” was stopped by officials in the Gericinó prison in the western part of Rio de Janeiro over the weekend,according to The Associated Press. Da Silva, who authorities say was […]
Police investigating rape allegations against Brazilian football player Neymar say they have closed the case. The São Paulo attorney general’s office said the case was suspended due to a lack of evidence, but will be sent to prosecutors for a final decision… Police investigating rape allegations against Brazilian football player Neymar say they have closed […]
Brazil football star, Neymar arrived at a police station in Rio last night for questioning over claims he raped a woman in a Paris hotel. Instagram model Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, 26, accused the Paris Saint Germain forward last month of raping her at a hotel in Paris. In a recent interview, she said ‘He was aggressive, totally different than […]
