Rio de Janeiro

April 3, 2022

At least 14 killed, including 7 children, after floods in landslides in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state

(CNN) – At least 14 people were killed, including seven children, after days of heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides…

June 18, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Rafaela Matos saw police helicopters over her favela and heard gunshots, she fell to…

August 30, 2019

Egyptian weightlifter Sara Samir won three gold medals in competitions held at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco. The…

August 22, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police…

August 11, 2019

A Brazilian judge ordered the release of ex-billionaire Eike Batista late Saturday after he was detained for violating the terms…

July 5, 2019

A firm believer in the idea of “better late than never,” 86-year-old Edna Pinheiro practices reading with a tutor in…

May 22, 2019

(Reuters) – Bahrain’s Olympic women’s marathon silver medalist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test, the…

April 11, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Angry friends and relatives of a man shot to death by soldiers wailed and waved…

March 31, 2019

The UN headquarters in New York, the pyramids of Egypt and Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue were among top world…

March 5, 2019

Rio threw the second and final night of its celebrated carnivalright through to dawn Tuesday in a show that blended…