World champion Viswanathan Anand got tangled in a complicated position and was held to a draw by little-known Spaniard Francisco Vallejo Pons in the first round of the fifth Chess Masters final here.

Authorities in Brazil's Piaui state are racing to act against a rising piranha population that has already injured nearly 100 beachgoers and is now threatening to shut the beach down.

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Days of flooding and mudslides have left at least 270 people dead in Southeast Brazil, with a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro bearing the brunt Wedesday.