Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro saw temperatures surge to nearly oven-like levels on Tuesday due to a heat wave that has swept across a wide portion of the country. Authorities stated that although thermometers registered 39 degrees Celsius...

News Hour: The decision by Rio de Janeiro’s deeply religious new mayor to skip the traditional opening of the world’s most famous carnival overshadowed the party on its opening night Friday, reports BSS. Carnival organizers resplendent...

News Hour A court in Brazil ordered assets belonging to Rio de Janeiro mayor’s frozen Friday after a company that built a golf course for the August Olympic Games never paid a required tax. Rio’s state...

News Hour: Three people were killed and five wounded during pitched gun battles on Monday between Brazilian police and drug traffickers in two Rio slums, triggering panic in the nearby Copacabana and Ipanema tourist areas. Two...

News Hour: Three former officials of Kenya’s disbanded Olympic committee were charged on Wednesday with theft and fraud offences relating to this year’s Games in Rio de Janeiro. The east African nation bagged its biggest ever...

News Hour: Police arrested two people on Thursday suspected of supporting Islamic State in planning a possible attack during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, reports Reuters. Police had arrested 12 people before Thursday’s operation,...

News Hour: If the most popular foods of Rio de Janeiro have one thing in common, it is their informality. While you can find fine restaurants in Rio, what sets the city apart and brings its...

News Hour: All 11 Russian boxers who qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been given the all clear to compete at the Games following confirmation from the IOC, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said...

News Hour: The leaking of a draft letter urging a complete ban on Russian athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has undermined a key report into doping allegations at the 2014 Sochi Games, WADA board...