Rio de Janeiro police demolished on Tuesday a facility they dubbed a "drug trafficking resort," which they said was used as a meeting point for drug traffickers in the Brazilian city.

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When it comes to the etymology of city names, few cities have stories as interesting (or misguided) as Rio de Janeiro. As the second-largest city in Brazil gears up for the 2016 Summer Olympics ...

On February 12, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, @mhsalema shared a video of their pet enjoying a mud bath. In the video, the dog is seen rolling in the mud before jumping into a river to clean ...

Rio de Janeiro authorities on Friday discovered human remains near a river where bags were dumped that may have contained the bodies of three children, last seen December 27, 2020.

Lady Gaga's record-breaking concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday was targeted with a bomb plot by a hate group posing as "Little Monsters" fans, who planned to attack with IEDs and Molotov ...

Among the spots is where the river flows into the city's Guanabara Bay, site of the 2016 sailing and wind surfing events. Bacteria with the so-called KPC enzyme are difficult to treat.

Brazil’s government is close to approving 700 million reais ($275 million) in aid for a project that would divert river water from Rio de Janeiro to help refill Sao Paulo’s biggest reservoir.

In Guararapes, a Rio de Janeiro favela, a small team is paid a modest stipend to pick out garbage from the Carioca River, which travels down to the sea. (Marie Claudet/CBC) Since 1992, he's been ...