BRAZIL CUTS INTEREST RATE TO RECORD LOW SEVEN PERCENT

Neither man is much welcomed by investors, who have been pushing Temer to enact the unpopular austerity reforms, especially cuts to the pension system... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S LULA, BOLSONARO WELL POSITIONED FOR 2018 ELECTIONS

Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a seminar on public education in Brasilia, Brazil October 9, 2017... READ MORE›

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U.S. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS GO 'ROGUE' IN DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS, one anonymous National Park Service employee posted on the newly opened Twitter account AltNatParkService... READ MORE›

'MASSIVE RISE' IN HATE SPEECH ON TWITTER DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

That effort is taking on greater urgency as rampant abuse undercuts Twitter's business... READ MORE›

PARIS TURNS TO #PORTEOUVERTE TO SEEK, OFFER SHELTER

Facebook encouraged Paris-based users to check in with its Safety Check feature, which let their Facebook friends know if they were in the area and safe... READ MORE›

QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK: SOCIAL MEDIA TRIBUTES POUR IN

Social media users express solidarity after attack on a Quebec City mosque leaves six Muslims dead and eight wounded... READ MORE›

BRAZILS FORMER PRESIDENT IS HELD FOR QUESTIONING

The move against Mr. da Silva raises serious questions about his political future and the ambitions of the governing Workers' Party to retain the presidency... READ MORE›

"I experienced every show, movie, webisode, album, book, webcomic, podcast, video game, Twitter feed, Tumblr, Instagram, Reddit AMA and op-ed you guys were telling me I had to check out... READ MORE›

#PORTEOUVERTE: PARIS RESIDENTS OPEN DOORS TO THOSE STRANDED BY ATTACKS

Twitter users in other countries also began using the hashtag to share their delight that social media was being used for a good cause... READ MORE›

BRAZILS SLUMPING ECONOMY AND BRIBERY SCANDAL EAT AWAY AT DILMA ROUSSEFFS POPULARITY

These strategies were a shift from the 1990s, when Brazil's government ended Petrobras's monopoly, exposing the company to market forces while keeping it under state control... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT SUSPENDED AFTER SENATE VOTE

President Rousseff will now have to step down while the impeachment trial proceeds... READ MORE›

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison but is expected to appeal... READ MORE›

BRAZILIAN POLICE DETAIN FORMER PRESIDENT LULA IN CORRUPTION INQUIRY

The Lula Institute put out a statement on Thursday saying "former President Lula never participated directly or indirectly in any illegality"... READ MORE›

STATE OF THE ART TWITTER TO SAVE ITSELF MUST SCALE BACK WORLD-SWALLOWING AMBITIONS

Clarifying Twitter's mission would be painful for the people who work at the company... READ MORE›

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER CONTEND WITH THEIR ROLE IN TRUMP'S VICTORY

Former employees of both companies are grappling with Facebook's and Twitter's role as a news filter... READ MORE›

TENSION GRIPS BRAZIL AS EX-PRESIDENT LULA APPEARS IN COURT ON CORRUPTION CHARGES

Hashtags in support of both Lula and Moro have been trending heavily in Brazil... READ MORE›

BRAZIL TUMBLES LIKE 'HOUSE OF CARDS' IN CRISIS

The plot to Brazil's political crisis has become so complicated that even makers of political drama 'House of Cards' joke they are now following events... READ MORE›

SYDNEY BAR UNDER FIRE FOR USING NAKED MODELS AS FRUIT PLATTERS

Another Twitter user described the display as appalling while historian Helen McDonald labelled it horrifying... READ MORE›

HACKERS ADD RAINBOWS, GAY PRIDE SLOGANS TO ISLAMIC STATE ACCOUNTS

Normally they take over Twitter accounts and fill them with Anonymous imagery and the phrase Islamic State, we own you... READ MORE›

LIVE TV OF AIRASIA SEARCH DELIVERS SHOCKING, SUDDEN NEWS TO RELATIVES

An Indonesian woman holds a family picture outside the crisis center at Juanda International Airport... READ MORE›

TWITTER FLOODED WITH PHOTOS OF KITTENS IN SUPPORT OF MANHUNT FOR TERROR SUSPECT

However, they soon realized that their Tweets might endanger the lives of police officers when Belgian authorities asked social media users to stop sharing details... READ MORE›

A DIGITAL FACT-CHECKER FIGHTS FAKE NEWS

Storyful says that's a common MO for social media propagandists... READ MORE›

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

New Year celebrations around the world - in pictures... READ MORE›

FOUR WOMEN DEAD IN SHOOTING AT MALL IN WASHINGTON STATE

NBC News reported that Washington State Patrol have said that there is no indication of terrorism in the shooting in Burlington... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE VOTES IN FAVOUR OF IMPEACHING DILMA ROUSSEFF

Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff began a week that could make or break her administration with a bruising defeat in a Congressional impeachment committee... READ MORE›

DILMA ROUSSEFF FACING IMPEACHMENT IN BRAZIL HAS ALIENATED MANY ALLIES

The other, Dilma Rousseff, rose even higher, becoming the president of Latin America's largest country... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | TWO POSSIBLE PATHS FOR BRAZIL'S MOST BELOVED EX-LEADER: PRISON OR THE PRESIDENCY

A former union organizer with a fourth-grade education, Lula rose to power as a voice for Brazil's disenfranchised poor... READ MORE›

JESSE JACKSON ASKS TWITTER FOR RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF LAYOFFS

Twitter spokeswoman Natalie Miyake said in a statement that Twitter's restructuring did not adversely impact underrepresented groups... READ MORE›

SQUIRREL INVADES TESCO, LAUNCHES ITSELF AT A CUSTOMER'S BACK AND REFUSES TO LEAVE THE WINE AISLEA

34-year-old Emma Wright witnessed the scene, writing about it on Twitter... READ MORE›

NEWFOUNDLAND POLICE FORCE FLOODED WITH ONLINE COMMENTS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP

RNC vs. RNC Newfoundland police force flooded with online comments about Donald Trump... READ MORE›

HOW DESPOTS USE TWITTER TO HUNT DISSIDENTS

In all, there have been dozens of Twitter-related prosecutions in Saudi Arabia, according to Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

ROUSSEFF, LULA CHARGED IN PETROBAS CORRUPTION PROBE

Popular leftist leader Lula accuses political rivals of targeting him in court to push him off next year's ballot... READ MORE›