Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting their use in schools takes effect. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

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(AP Photo/Juan Karita) Solange Vieira Braga, who is temporarily bedridden with a broken leg, gets rest in her home in the Santa Luzia community, where residents have been ordered by the municipal ...

LONDON - Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a US$158 billion ($216 billion ...