Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Police Say Greek Ambassador To Brazil Is Missing
He was on vacation in Rio and was expected to return to Brasilia Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for...
Kvitova Faces Six Months Out After Knife Attack
Petra Kvitova will be unable to play tennis for at least six months after undergoing surgery on "severe" hand injuries...
Brazil-Colombia Friendly For Chapecoense Confirmed For January 25
All funds raised from the match will go to the Brazilian outfit, who tragically lost players, backroom staff and...
Clashes As Senate Approves 20-Year Austerity Plan
The Brazilian Senate has approved a controversial amendment to the constitution capping public spending for the next 20...
Tributes Paid To Team As Season Ends
Tributes have been paid to the Chapecoense players who died in a plane crash in Colombia on the final day of the...
Four Dead After Police Helicopter ‘shot Down By Gang’
The helicopter was giving support to police against gangs in the Favela Four police officers have died after their...
Protesters Storm Brazil Congress Seeking Military Rule
Dozens of protesters demanding a military coup have forced their way into Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress in the...
Brazil Banned In Basketball For “serious” Rule Breaches
Brazil has been banned from international basketball tournaments for "serious" rule breaches, the sport's world...
Evangelist Wins Rio Mayor Elections
A Brazilian evangelical pastor, Marcelo Crivella, has been elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the second round of...
Brazil Legend Carlos Alberto Dies
Brazil legend Carlos Alberto, the captain of the 1970 World Cup-winning side, has died aged 72. He scored one of the...
IOC Called To Help Compensate Child Victims of Violence
The International Olympic Committee should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, say...
Future of Tao and Quantum Buddhism
From Rio to Rio with Kyoto, Copenhagen and Durban in between Paris right after and the recent China's G-20, the...
Brazil President Booed At Opening Ceremony
Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the 2016 Paralympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro to a backdrop of...
Police Use Tear Gas At Pro-Dilma Protest
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil to demonstrate against the government. Organisers said...
Kenya’s Kipchoge Romps To Rio Marathon Gold
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Red-hot favourite Eliud Kipchoge stormed to a runaway gold medal in a wet men's marathon on...
Moroccan Boxer Held Over Alleged Sex Assault
A Moroccan boxer has been arrested by Brazilian police over allegations of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in...
Flings Owusu-Agyapong Named Ghana’s Flag Bearer
Sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong, will carry the Ghana flag during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games which...
Zika Virus May Be Transmitted by Oral Sex & Kissing, Doctors Warn
A Zika case in France has led scientists to raise the possibility that the virus could be transmitted by oral sex and...