The U.S. women's national soccer team has extended its unbeaten record to 42 games with a 2-0 victory over Brazil. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the game played in East Rutherford, New Jersey near New York.

India announced on Friday that there is no future for the grouping of four key WTO members as a platform for breaking the impasse in multilateral trade talks.

Nine Brazilian students have been recognized by the United Nations for a short film they produced on violence in their country and beyond.

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (NASDAQ: ARCAF, EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy and engineering company, today announced that its affiliated company BIOGAS has brought online an installation to extract methane gas generated by the São João Landfill in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Brazil's President and a delegation of more than 100 Brazilian business executives are in India to boost trade ties. As VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, says the two countries should use their rapidly increasing clout to exert more influence over world economics and politics.

Weeks after Pope Benedict XVI denounced government-backed birth control in a visit to Brazil, a program was unveiled Monday to provide cheap birth control pills at 10,000 drug stores across Latin America's largest nation.

Brazil's government is seeking to ban the sale of alcohol along highways and limit beer advertisements on television in a bid to reduce traffic fatalities and alcoholism in a nation know for its partying.

Veteran striker Romario scored the 1,000th goal of his career Sunday, converting a 48th-minute penalty in Vasco da Gama's 3-1 victory over Sport of Recife in the second round of the Brazilian national championship.

FC Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho will not play at this year's Copa America. Barcelona said on its Web site that Ronaldinho sent a letter to Brazil's soccer confederation informing coach Dunga that the he would not be available for the tournament in Venezuela.

Pope Benedict XVI has appealed directly to the youth of Brazil to follow a strict moral code. In Sao Paulo, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the pope's speech to the young is seen as crucial to his effort to strengthen the Roman Catholic church in the face of growing concerns across Latin America.

Brazil's state oil and gas company Petrobras has announced the discovery of more natural gas reserves in the Espirito Santo Basin in the nation's southeastern coast.

Pope Benedict XVI stressed church opposition to abortion minutes after arriving in Brazil, expressing confidence that Latin America's Roman Catholic leaders will take a strong stand against it at an important bishops' conference during his first papal trip to the region.