Answers are beginning to emerge about what caused a mysterious oil spill that has stained Brazil's coastline for the last month.
Officials in the country say a Greek-flagged tanker is likely to be behind it.
Police in Rio de Janeiro raided the headquarters of a company that was linked to the marine vessel.
The spill has affected marine life in more than 2,500 km of the country's beaches and coastlines.
US withdraws from World Health Organisation
The US has officially left the World Health Organisation (WHO) after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the UN health agency's management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To Lam wins second term to rule Vietnam for next five years
Vietnam's top leader To Lam was re-appointed on Friday as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years after a unanimous vote by its central committee, as he pledged to turbocharge growth in the export-reliant nation.
Uganda detains 2,000 over election violence, army chief says
Uganda's military chief said on Friday that authorities had detained 2,000 opposition supporters, killed 30 and were hunting for more following a disputed presidential election in which his father Yoweri Museveni, won a seventh term.
Indonesia finds bodies of 10 passengers on crashed plane
Indonesian rescuers on Friday had found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province over the weekend, the country's search and rescue agency said.
Trump revokes Canada's invitation to join Board of Peace
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn on Thursday an invitation for Canada to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.
