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Pele transferred to palliative care after no longer responding to chemotherapy

Pele transferred to palliative care after no longer responding to chemotherapy

By 90min Brazilian icon Pele has been transferred to palliative care after doctors discovered that he was no longer responding to chemotherapy. Pele has been receiving treatment for bowel cancer and was recently diagnoses with a respiratory infection during his latest spell in hospital, although he was soon stabilised in relation to the infection and could continue treatment on the cancer. According to Folha de Sao Paulo, chemotherapy was no longer having any positive effects on Pele and the decision was made to transfer the 82-year-old to palliative care, where he is receiving comforting meas......
Four killed in Brazil Carnival float fire

Four killed in Brazil Carnival float fire

Four people died early Tuesday when a float at the end of a Carnival parade ran into a power line and caught fire in the southeastern city of Santos, officials said.