Rio de Janeiro

US lawmaker Santos agrees to plea deal in Brazil fraud case

Published by AFPGeorge Santos, shown here in New York in April, confessed to stealing the checkbook in BrazilRio de Janeiro (AFP) - Scandal-plagued US … [Read more...] about US lawmaker Santos agrees to plea deal in Brazil fraud case

Published by AFPUS Congressman George Santos speaks to reproters as he leaves Federal Court on May 10, 2023 in Central Islip, New YorkRio de Janeiro … [Read more...] about US lawmaker Santos faces court hearing in Brazil

Published by AFPChildren play a video game called League of Legends in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; a large new US study published in JAMA Network Open … [Read more...] about Video games could improve kids’ brains: study

Officials in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have banned the comic book series Avengers: The Children's Crusade because of a kiss between two male … [Read more...] about Rio De Janeiro Authorities Ban ‘Avengers’ Comic Book Series Over Gay Kiss

Rio de Janeiro councillor Marielle Franco was killed in a suspected assassination on Wednesday night, shot multiple times in the head by attackers in … [Read more...] about Brazil Rocked After LGBT City Councillor Marielle Franco is Shot to Death in Targeted Assassination

Tom Daley and his synchronized diving partner Dan Goodfellow won the bronze medal in the synchro 10m platform dive on Monday. Daley finished fourth … [Read more...] about Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow Win Bronze at Rio and Celebrate in the Most Adorable Way Possible – WATCH

Andy Towle December 9, 2013

In Brazil on Sunday, approximately 130 gay couples married in a mass wedding, as same-sex marriage became legal in the city/state of Rio de Janeiro. … [Read more...] about 130 Couples Marry in Mass Gay Wedding in Rio de Janeiro: VIDEO

Andy Towle March 18, 2013

Ludovic Woerth and Jokke Sommer dive from gliders into Rio de Janeiro, landing in a park behind the 38-story Ventura Corporate Towers after flying … [Read more...] about Wingsuited Daredevils Dive Into Rio, Fly Between Skyscrapers: VIDEO

Andy Towle February 27, 2012

Rio de Janeiro and its annual Carnival, in a stunning tilt-shift time-lapse clip from Jarbas Agnelli and Keith Loutit, shot in 2011.Watch, AFTER THE … [Read more...] about Rio de Janeiro and Carnival, in a Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse: VIDEO