Brazilian authorities ruled to keep four Argentine soccer players in preventive detention on Monday after their alleged involvement in a racist incident during the Ladies Cup tournament in Sao Paulo state last week.

"Slavery-like conditions", as defined by Brazilian law, include debt bondage and work that violates human dignity. The MPT added that the situation also constitutes "forced labour", as many workers had their wages withheld and faced excessive costs for terminating their contracts. BYD said affected workers had been moved to hotels.

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian officials found 163 Chinese nationals working in "slavery-like conditions" at a construction site for a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD in Brazil's Bahia state,

Colombia and Brazil are both run by leftist presidents with ambitious social agendas. Now the neighboring Latin American nations have something else in common: growing investor fears about government finance.

The plane slammed into the structure of a building under construction and fell into a furniture store, injuring 17 other people.

BYD Co. has severed ties with a construction firm after Brazilian authorities halted construction of a new electric-vehicle plant where workers were found working and living in “slavery”-like conditions.

A small airplane crashed Sunday in Brazil, leaving 10 people dead, officials told ABC News. Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi, a businessman, had been piloting the plane, police said. He was traveling with nine family members, including his own children. All were killed in the crash.

Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar is returning to his Brazilian boyhood club Sao Paulo after 14 years, which included a long spell in Chinese soccer.

While the restaurant is saying goodbye, its owner says, "The spirit of this space and its story may yet live on in a new chapter."

A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like" conditions at a construction site in northeastern Brazil, where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory.

Christmas, the traditional Christian holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus, is being celebrated by people around the world, as has been done for centuries. For days and weeks leading up to Dec. 25, the city streets, homes and churches have been adorned with lights along with red and green decorations, capturing the optimism of the season.