Brazil is among the countries hit hardest by COVID-19, with over 4.6 million confirmed cases Rio de Janeiro has suspended its Carnival parade for the first time in over a century as coronavirus cases ...

Flamengo defeated Palmeiras 1-0 to win the Copa Libertadores on Saturday, becoming the most successful Brazilian team in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state's deadliest police raids, ...

The outbreak of influenza A in the city of Rio de Janeiro has already caused the contamination of about 21 thousand people in recent weeks, according to information from the Municipal Health ...

Rio de Janeiro is the latest Brazilian capital to cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations, the city’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, announced Saturday on Twitter. “We respect science,” Paes tweeted, saying that ...

A police raid in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro killed 27 Brazilians, prompting a demand from Brazil’s Supreme Court and U.N. human rights officials for an investigation into the use of ...

In the early morning of May 6, police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro sent heavily-armed officers supported by helicopters and armored vehicles into Jacarezinho, a vast poor neighborhood of ...

A plan to create a new mathematics campus with student accommodation in Rio de Janeiro is being challenged by residents as it calls for the removal of 255 trees in a patch of the already severely ...