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‘Is this for me?’: Shakira’s stunned reaction goes viral as 2 million fans fill Brazil’s Copacabana Beach for her concert
May 04, 2026 12:53 pm
Shakira performed a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour, named after her 2024 album.
Watch: 200 tourists trapped atop Rio de Janeiro's iconic peak as police launch gang raid
April 23, 2026 11:28 am
Tourists had set out before dawn to reach Morro Dois Irmãos, a popular viewpoint overlooking Ipanema Beach.
WHO chief released from hospital in Rio de Janeiro
November 21, 2024 7:39 pm
According to the hospital, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was admitted on Wednesday afternoon and 'underwent all the necessary tests.'
WATCH: Ex-mayor of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro caught squatting on toilet during council video call
June 08, 2024 3:57 pm
The ex-mayor's loo break was broadcast first to the participants of the meeting, and then, as the video went viral, to millions across the world.
A Brazil storm leaves at least 27 dead and 1,600 homeless while families plead for help
September 06, 2023 9:38 pm
More heavy rains were expected to hit the state's centre-south region, but possibly sparing worst-hit areas. Authorities maintained three flooding alerts on Wednesday — for the Jacui, Cai and Taquari rivers.
Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius Júnior, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him
May 27, 2023 4:48 pm
On at least nine occasions, people have made monkey sounds at Vinícius, chanted the slur “monkey!” and hurled other racist slurs.
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil's top government offices
January 09, 2023 9:40 am
The incidents, which recalled the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol, come just a week after leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in on January 1st.
Brazilian police open criminal probe amid search for British journalist
June 08, 2022 12:18 pm
Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, who have written for the Guardian, the Washington Post, and others, went missing on Sunday during a reporting trip in Brazil's Javari Valley.
Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio's
May 01, 2022 8:50 pm
Christ the Protector is 43 meters (141 feet meters) high, compared to Rio's statue, which is 38 meters (125 feet), including in both cases their pedestals.
Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade is back after the pandemic
April 24, 2022 11:22 am
Rio's Sambadrome has been home to the parade since the 1980s, and is a symbol of Brazil's Carnival festivities. During the pandemic, it was a shelter for more than 400 homeless people and also served as a vaccination station
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In pictures | G20 Summit begins in Rio de Janeiro
November 19, 2024 2:35 am
Security in Rio has been tightened, with troops patrolling alongside police following a shooting incident near a slum hours prior to the event.
Heavy rains cause floods, kill at least 10 in Rio de Janeiro
April 10, 2019 11:23 am
A storm with torrential downpours and strong winds just two months ago had killed six people, prompting Rio residents to ask what the government is doing to protect them in cases of emergencies.
Brazil Carnival in pictures: Rio and Sao Paulo burst into party
February 08, 2016 5:39 pm
The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held between the Friday afternoon and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.
Let's Samba, it's the Brazil Carnival
February 17, 2015 11:03 am
Rio Carnival is claimed to be the world's largest carnival which is a 5-day celebration, 40 days before Easter.
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