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The world's biggest carnival celebration: Your ultimate guide to Rio de Janeiro

With its samba street parties, balneário beaches and epic cultural landmarks, Rio has become one of Gen Z’s favourite destinations. Jordan Page has your guide to everything you should – and shouldn’t do – at your first Carnival

Evening Standard

Rio police free hostages in raid that leaves eight dead

Police in Rio de Janeiro freed two hostages, including a child, during a raid on a drug trafficking ring Thursday that left eight suspected gang members dead.

Euronews

How to watch Brazil vs Chile: Live streams, TV coverage for World Cup qualifier

Brazil host bottom-side Chile in Rio, with both teams already aware of their World Cup qualifying fates – here's how to watch the contest online and on TV.

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What Is the 'Goodnight Cinderella' Scam? UK Tourists Drugged and Mugged in Brazil — Here's What Happened

British student drugged and robbed of £16,000 on Ipanema Beach as 'Goodnight Cinderella' scam claims more victims in Brazil, including fatal case of US businessman.

International Business Times UK

‘They’re to put the brakes on cops’: Rio barricades turn favelas into fortresses

Police demolition squads fighting back against fortifications, while one local artist is using barriers as canvas to symbolise hoped-for peace

The Guardian - UK

Dead humpback whale washes ashore in Rio de Janeiro

A humpback whale was found dead on a beach in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, after drifting ashore near the city’s southern coastline in the early afternoon.

Euronews

Parkinson's patients in Brazil turn to a movement practice known as capoeira to ease symptoms

A Brazilian physical therapist has been leading a unique project in Rio de Janeiro since 2018, trying to help patients with Parkinson's disease with capoeira classes

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Yoga initiative aims to train instructors in Rio’s favelas

Dozens of yoga enthusiasts gathered in Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela on Wednesday for the first session of a free training course aimed at qualifying local residents as instructors.

Euronews

Hindu music singer inaugurates project to spread yoga in Brazil's favelas

Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in Rio de Janeiro for the inaugural class of a free course allowing residents of the Rocinha favela to qualify as yoga teachers

The Independent UK

Brics is sliding towards irrelevance – the Rio summit made that clear

The Brics group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the summit was a lacklustre affair.

The Conversation

Chelsea’s Joao Pedro ready to start in Club World Cup semi after Rio beach break

Fellow forward Liam Delap is suspended for Tuesday’s last-four clash against Fluminense.

The Independent UK

Brazil hosts BRICS summit; Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi skip Rio trip

Leaders expected to decry US President Trump’s trade tariffs while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism.

Al Jazeera

'Scared' Picklum leads the way after victory in Brazil

Australia's Molly Picklum has celebrated going top of the WSL Tour standings in perfect fashion, taking out the Vivo Rio Pro in Brazil.

AAP

Greek track sprinter banned for three years following 2016 Olympics retesting

Christos Volikákis tested positive for experimental drug Ligandrol at Rio Games

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Picklum in top spot after another World Surf League win

Australian Molly Picklum will wear the yellow jersey as the rankings leader after advancing to the final four of the Rio Pro in Brazil.

The Independent UK

A group of Brazilian women battling cancer find new hope thanks to Va'a canoeing

Anna Lucia Amorim’s life was turned upside by breast cancer and the 63-year-old from Rio de Janeiro state fell into a deep depression, sometimes struggling to get out of bed

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan flies into row over 12,000-mile round trip to Brazil to warn of dangers of climate change

London mayor has made more than 20 foreign trips in nine years at City Hall

The Independent UK

Catholics call for environmental action at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

Brazilian Catholic worshippers have laid down an eco-friendly carpet in front of the world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro calling for the protection of the environment

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New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs

Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion access

The Guardian - US

Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit says

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The Olympic Venue That Was Built Over a Toxic Waste Site

Every four years, the Olympics ignite excitement around the world. It is a celebration of human achievement and national pride. However, many people don’t know (or don’t talk about) the one Olympic venue that was constructed over a toxic waste site. Once the country was chosen as the location for…

The Guardian - US

‘Avenue of Death’: the Rio motorway where stray bullets, botched raids and resilience collide

Brazil Avenue was meant to symbolise progress – today it tells the story of a city at war with itself

The Independent UK

Rio’s mayor loosens restrictions on live beach music after an outcry

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor has loosened new restrictions on live music on the city’s beaches after many people warned of a threat to the dynamic cultural scene

The Independent UK

Anger as Rio de Janeiro brings in sweeping changes to famous tourist hotspots

Is this the end of Samba on the beach?

The Conversation

Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on the gamification of hate and gendered nature of online radicalization

The more than 2 million people who attended Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach on May 3, 2025, had no idea of a plot that, if successful, would have turned the event into a tragedy fueled by hate. Just hours before a sea of admirers waved fans in sync…

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