BRASILIA, June 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's current account deficit reached $3.185 billion in May, central bank data showed on Friday, narrower than the $4.159 billion shortfall expected in a Reuters poll.

Brazil’s 3-0 win over Scotland showed more fluency than some of their earlier group-stage work. With Vinícius Júnior finishing sharply and Matheus Cunha adding another goal, Carlo Ancelotti’s side look more synchronized before the knockouts.

In Scotland’s return to the World Cup after 28 years, it faces an adversary also in need of a comeback: Brazil. The five-time champion may have charmed the world over the decades, but now finds itself in a bit of a dry spell,

Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation targeting an alleged financial fraud scheme at Banco Digimais and ordered freezing assets.

Vinícius Júnior scored an equalizing goal in the 32nd minute to give five-time champion Brazil a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating, high-profile group match at the World Cup.

Brazil plans ​to raise up to 5 billion yuan ($735 million) with its first-ever issuance of panda bonds, Finance Minister Dario ‌Durigan told Reuters on Thursday, marking the largest debut of yuan-denominated debt by a foreign nation in China.

Recruitment apps powered by artificial intelligence are gaining ground in Brazil, promising to even the playing field and find more soccer talent.

Brazil’s federal police detained a Spanish citizen in Sao Paulo’s international Guarulhos airport for racism on Wednesday, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests of foreign tourists on similar grounds.

Brazil's World Cup schedule: The next match for Vinicius Junior and Neymar as they attempt to progress from Group C.