Two helicopters collided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing six people, including American musician Oliver Tree.

The 32-year-old singer was in the middle of his headlining world tour for his fourth studio album 'Love You Madly, Hate You Badly,' which began on May 30 in Mexico City.

A moment of pure individual brilliance from Vinicius Jr. spared Carlo Ancelotti' s Brazil from an opening-day defeat, as a vibrant Morocco side held the five-time world champions to a thrilling 1-1 draw in their Group C opener on Saturday.

World Cup opener ends in a draw for Morocco and Brazil as local fans celebrate New York Knicks' basketball triumph.

Vinicius rescues Brazil in draw with Morocco at 2026 FIFA World Cup

Oscar on retirement, China memories and Brazil's World Cup hopes

Vinicius Jr individual effort lift Brazil's struggle in team's 2026 tournament opener against Africa champions Morocco.

Brazil and Morocco supporters sang, danced and chanted their way to one of the most anticipated group-stage matches.

Fans in Brazil party ahead of national team's World Cup match

Fifa World Cup 2026: Is this the most exclusionary tournament in history? Read More While World Cup fever on the East Coast has been overshadowed by Knicks delirium, with New York's basketball team on the cusp of winning its first NBA championship in half a century, prices still haven't dropped to where fans might want them to be. The first match on the East Coast, in New Jersey, also happens to be between two top-10-ranked teams, Brazil and Morocco, with the cheapest seat available at the time of writing selling for $1,633

According to the International Monetary Fund, the economic return from tourism and broadcasting revenue was between $2.3bn and $4.1bn. Brazil offers another cautionary example

Last year, for the first time in a decade, Cuban asylum applications exceeded Venezuelan ones in sign of growing strain.

The Brazilian president condemns Rubio as anti-Latin American amid growing tensions between Brasilia and Washington.

Brazil's president says he was surprised by the proposed 25 percent tariffs, which came amid signs relations improving.

AI momentum drove Wall Street to fresh records, even as conflicting U.S.-Iran signals and new tariff threats on Brazil kept geopolitical tensions in focus.

The two patients who recently arrived in Brazil from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak is ongoing, exhibited symptoms such as fever and chills.

Lula warned that labelling Brazil's criminal networks as 'terrorists' could 'undermine' local law enforcement efforts.

Advocates have argued that Brazil's government has dragged its feat over Fordlandia's fate, leaving the site to decay.

Brazil's record scorer, Neymar, has not played since 2023, but injury now appears to threaten his World Cup comeback.

But even before fans reach the point of buying tickets, Fifa's decision to stage the event across three vast countries, with long distances between them, means the tournament has felt fragmented from the outset. There is neither a unified cultural identity nor a geographic specificity that would make the tournament feel as cohesive as it did when South Africa, Brazil or Qatar hosted

Japan have beaten Germany, Brazil, England and Spain since 2022, but may struggle to sustain a genuine title push.

Brazil's all-time leading scorer Neymar called up for World Cup 2026 as Carlo Ancelotti turns to forward for first time.