The family of mi ing Australian tourist Rye Hunt are "disgusted" that photos of a body found outside of Rio de Janeiro were sent to them by Brazilian media for identification. Au
More than 400 pairs of red and stained white panties covered the sand of Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach on Monday as part of a nationwide protest against gender-based violence. Late la
Mi ing backpacker Rye Hunt, who vanished from a Brazilian airport last month, has been spotted on an island off the capital, reports suggest.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday they are certain a 16-year-old girl was gang raped earlier thi
Hundreds of Brazilians have taken to the streets to protest after a teen's brutal gang rape
The World Health Organisation has rejected calls to move or postpone the 2016 Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak, saying it would not "significantly alter" the spread of the viru
In the face of growing anxiety over the mosquito-borne Zika virus, about 125 experts have signed their names to a letter
Brazilian investigators have expanded their probe into po ible corruption around the staging of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August to include all the venues and service
22.05.2016
A team of specialists in Brazil have designed a new 3D printed replacement shell for a tortoise whose armour was destroyed in a bushfire last year. The self-titled "Animal Avenger
On August 5, 2016, about 200 nations will fly their flags high in the sky of Rio de Janeiro as they take part in the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Thousands of athlete
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate voted on Thursday to put leftist President Dilma Rou eff on trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep rece ion and a corruption
Brazil's Senate voted on Thursday to put leftist President Dilma Rou eff on trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep rece ion and a corruption
Two big pieces of news from the Australian Olympic Committee overnight, one sexy, one angry. We'll go with the angry one first. Australian Olympic team medical director Dr David Hughes has unlea
17.04.2016
Our young democracy is about to witne the second impeachment of a president. Dilma Rou eff, the first woman to be elected president of Brazil, and who succeeded her mentor, the most popular pre
28.03.2016
On Sunday, March 13, approximately 3 million Brazilians hit the streets to protest against President Dilma Rou eff as accusations of corruption built up against her administration. Day
21.03.2016
SÃO PAULO, March 20 (Reuters) — If any symbol captures the anger of rich and upper-middle cla Brazilians who have taken to the streets to protest against Pre
14.03.2016
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians poured onto the streets of major cities on Sunday to protest against President Dilma Rou eff, deepening a political crisi