Rio de Janeiro has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the host of the world's largest New Year's Eve ...

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier, Marta Nogueira and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A synthetic fluid leak of about 15 ...

Officials in Brazil say that a plane towing an advertising banner has crashed into the sea off Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana ...

The custom of wearing white emerged from Afro-Brazilian religious rituals that were once criminalized and later absorbed into ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neighborhoods in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 12 people. The heavy downpour wreaked havoc ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - The beaches of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro will be closed this weekend, according to a municipal decree enacted on Friday, as the local government seeks to stem ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo announced on Friday they are postponing colorful Carnival parades to the end of April, due to an increase in ...

Bangkok, Thailand has topped the list of top 10 travel destinations globally in 2026, according to eDreams ODIGEO's latest ...

The changes would have reduced sentences for those convicted over the 2023 attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, though Congress can override the veto.

Pop culture is filled with images of Rio de Janeiro, and while the Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvelous City) certainly lives up to its name, movies and song lyrics rarely capture the real reasons why. Yes, ...

On February 3, 2022, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Rio de Janeiro, a state where the problem of police abuse is particularly dire, to draft a plan to curb police killings that includes concrete ...