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119 killed in strong Rio police crackdown against narco gang

RIO DE JANEIRO – Residents of a Rio de Janeiro community lined up their dead in the street Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) after Brazil’s...

BRICS nations slam Trump tariffs, condemn strikes on Iran

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on...

BRICS nations voice ‘serious concerns’ over Trump tariffs

RIO DE JANEIRO – BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) are expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s...

Rio swelters in heatwave amid run-up to Carnival

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into...

Firefighters battle fiery flames around Brasilia

BRASILIA, Brazil—Brazilian firefighters on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) battled flames blazing through a nature reserve in the capital district of Brasilia, where an area...

Rio police kill alleged crime boss in shoot-out

A suspected organized crime boss in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro was killed Friday in a shoot-out with police as they tried...

PH shooters joining final Olympic qualifier in Brazil

THE country’s top female shooters, Franchette Quiroz and Amparo Acuna, are now in Rio de Janeiro for the last leg of the Paris Olympic qualifiers. Quiroz...

‘Everyone jumping, everyone happy’: Rio celebrates carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Glittering with sequins and sweat, thousands of performers shimmying to sultry samba beats danced their way down an avenue in Rio...

Outlaw militias torch 35 buses in Rio after crime boss is killed

Brasília, Brazil -- Suspected paramilitary militia members torched 35 buses and a train drivers' cabin in Rio de Janeiro Monday, paralyzing parts of the...

Neymar fined $3.3 million for building lake at mansion

A prosecutor in Brazil fined soccer star Neymar 16 million reais ($3.3 million) for building a lake at his mansion on the outskirts of...

Glorious Redeemer

The sun rises in front of the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 29. 

Rio holds first all-out carnival since COVID

With a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, Rio de Janeiro will kick off its famed carnival parades Sunday, the climax of the festival's...

‘Rebirth’ in Rio as carnival street parties return

Covered in golden glitter, Brazilian domestic worker Vera Lucia da Silva is bursting to be back parading through Rio de Janeiro in a carnival...

Brazilian ex-lawmaker gets 50 years for murder of famed pastor-husband

RIO DE JANEIRO—Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos was sentenced Sunday to 50 years in prison for the murder of her husband in 2019,...
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