Brazil

Tournament hosts Brazil were held to a 0:0 draw by Mexico in their second group match of the World Cup.

Although there were no goals in Fortaleza on Tuesday evening, the game did not lack chances. Mexico's goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa intervened with some top class saves on several occasions, which denied Brazil's attackers.

The Aydın Doğan Cartoon Competition announces its winners. Turkish cartoonist Kürşat Zaman, who was awarded with the third prize in the competition in 2010, won the first prize this year A Turkish cartoonist has come out on top at the 31st Aydın Doğan Cartoon Contest, which kicked off in Bodrum on June 17 with a day-long session where judges got together to select the winner.

China, Turkey and the Czech Republic have joined the list of the world's top exporters of small arms, which is led by the United States, according to the latest UN figures.

The UN statistics for 2011 from the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database released Monday show that Italy joined the list of the top importers of small arms, which is also topped by the United States.

The latest U.N. figures show Turkey, China and the Czech Republic joining the list of the world's top exporters of small arms, which is led by the United States.

Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition kicks off in Bodrum as prominent names have taken their seats in the selection committee Leading cartoonists from Turkey and around the world gathered for the 31st Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition in Bodrum yesterday in excitement to choose this year’s winners.

Germany kicked off its World Cup 214 campaign in striking fashion, beating Portugal 4:0 in their Group F match in Salvador, Brazil.

Thomas Muller opened the scoring in the 12th minute, converting a penalty kick for a foul against Mario Gotze. A header by Hummels in the 32nd minute made it 2:0 for Germany.

BELGRADE – Newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador to Serbia Sergio Luis Canaes said while presenting letters of credence to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic Monday that Brazil believed solutions to the Kosovo-Metohija issue should be sought through dialogue and called for further strengthening of cooperation between Brazil and Serbia.

New ambassadors talk Kosovo, bilateral ties

BELGRADE -- Newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador to Serbia Sergio Luis Canaes on Monday in Belgrade presented his credentials to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić.

A day after marriage Novak travels to Rio

The Mondial football fever has got grip of the world's no. 2 tennis player. A day after the marriage, Novak shall travel to Brazil to attend the ceremony of crowning of the new world champion.

Just like they forecast economic variables, and even asset prices, economists are now trying to predict who will win the World Cup. For example, professional services network PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) uses an econometric model to estimate the relative strength of each country participating in the World Cup.