The Cannes Film Festival is no stranger to dramatic spotlights, surprise wins, and tearful speeches. But during this year’s ...

RECIFE, BRAZIL — Ines Maria da Silva stares blankly outside her shack as she tells how she lost all five of her sons to the violence that makes Recife the deadliest major city in Brazil.

It's Carnival this weekend in Brazil. While it costs hundreds of dollars just to get a bad seat in Rio de Janeiro, the northern city of Recife hosts the most unique and varied celebration in the ...

Recife is one of the largest cities in Brazil but is historically impoverished, bordering the shark-infested waters of the equatorial Atlantic. The combination of warm water and 80-degree ...

RECIFE, Brazil (JTA) — Preparing to leave this city’s main Jewish community center, Sabrina Scherb peeks beyond its blast-proof gate into a quiet street strewn with branches and shredded mango ...

The city of Recife, Brazil, is at the heart of the global health crisis over Zika, a mosquito-borne virus. Rates of microcephaly, a birth defect in which babies are born with abnormally small ...

RECIFE, Brazil-- There was a worrying development on Tuesday in the Zika virus outbreak. A person in Dallas, Texas, was infected after sex with a partner who had been in Venezuela where Zika is an ...

Recife’s tech hub tried to take on Brazil’s biggest players in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. What happened next is a cautionary tale for digital start-ups thinking big. It’s one of Brazil ...

By Jack Nicas Photographs by Dado Galdieri RECIFE, Brazil — In this oceanside metropolis in Brazil’s northeast, the schools are buying bigger desks, the hospitals are purchasing larger beds ...

Tap to continue The hardest-hit city in Brazil is Recife, in the impoverished northern state of Pernambuco. A humid climate, crowded slums and abundant mosquitos have facilitated Zika's spread.