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Brazil: at least 44 killed in a week of deadly police operations in three states

Nine people were killed Wednesday in a police operation targeting criminal gangs in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said, the latest in a week of security force raids that have left at least 44 dead across Brazil.

France 24

Police raid in Rio favela sets off gunbattle that kills 9 people and wounds 2 officers

A police raid in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro set off a gunbattle that killed nine people and wounded two officers, marking the latest incident in a wave of lethal policing in Brazil

The Independent UK

Marielle Franco: new suspect arrested over killing of Rio city councillor

Brazil federal police say Maxwell Simões Corrêa helped plan 2018 assassination; two former police officers are already awaiting trial

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Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88

He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.

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Prolific Brazilian pianist João Donato, famed for bossa nova and beyond, dies at 88

Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre, has died at the age of 88

The Independent UK

Wright into semis at Rio Pro with Ewing, Callinan alive

Tyler Wright has continued her hot form to book her sixth semi-final slot of the WSL season, while Ethan Ewing and Ryan Callinan also advanced at the Rio Pro.

AAP

Best holiday destinations for each month of the year - from Spain to Thailand

Cities including Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok, Dubai, Paris, Barcelona and Cape Town are great to look around, but also particularly challenging if you visit during the wrong time of the year

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Flat conditions see Rio Pro remain on hold

The World Surf League's Rio Pro remains on hold for a fourth day, with a organisers hopeful of a getting back into action within 24 hours.

AAP

Flying down to Rio: what if your bag is left behind in Paris?

Plane Talk: When you arrive but your luggage doesn’t, the rules are cloudy

The Independent UK

Lay-days continue while Rio Pro surfing awaits swell

The World Surf League's Rio Pro remains on hold for a third day, with a number of Australian surfers including Molly Picklum waiting for some action.

AAP

QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leafing through the leather-bound menu at a classic Rio de Janeiro restaurant, the tile-floored, wood-paneled Armazem Sao Thiago, 28-year-old Paula Cardoso says something that amounts to heresy in this establishment: "I prefer QR code menus."

Bangkok Post

‘She made excuses and ran to the toilet’: when wedding proposals go hilariously wrong

From the man who almost married a horse to the fancy meal scuppered by an upset stomach, Guardian readers remember their most unromantic romantic moments

The Guardian - UK

Why Freddie Mercury boobed badly by wearing false breasts onstage at Queen's debut Rock In Rio headline show

Launching the inaugural Rock In Rio festival on January 11, 1985, Queen were in majestic form, until Freddie Mercury upset the crowd with his false breasts

Louder

Astrud Gilberto obituary

One of Brazil’s leading bossa nova singers best known for the 1964 international hit The Girl from Ipanema

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Tributes paid to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira a year on from their deaths

Hundreds gather in Rio and Belém to remember two men who worked to defend the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review

Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…

The Independent UK

Brazil's prosecutors block zipline construction at Rio's touristic Sugarloaf Mountain

Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites

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'My son is a Geordie' - Newcastle United star Bruno Guimaraes says son could play for England

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6 Fast & Furious Characters Who Have Died And How They’re Doing Now

Here's what some of those dead Fast & Furious characters are up to as of the latest installment.

Daily Mirror

Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes admits his son could play for England - not Brazil

Bruno Guimaraes may be a fully-fledged Brazil international, having represented his country at last year's World Cup, but the Newcastle star has a seven-month-old son who could line up for England one day

The Independent UK

Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him

The chants of “monkey!”

Tribune News Service

'Fast X' review: Dangerous driving, furious fighting and life lessons from Vin Diesel

"It's like a cult, but with cars," explains one new character to another in "Fast X," the latest in the long-running "Fast & Furious" franchise, and that's as good an explanation as any. Basically, these are superhero movies in which everyone's superpower is that they can drive extremely fast in…

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve done so much damage’: Beatriz Milhazes’s carnivalesque odes to nature

Ahead of a historic survey of her work at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, the Brazilian artist discusses her global inspirations, shape-shifting patterns, and why she’s still an optimist

The Independent UK

Movie Review: A delicious Jason Momoa saves 'Fast X' from furiously speeding off into numbness

It is time to say goodbye to the “Fast & Furious” franchise, but it's going to be a long farewell

Total Film

Fast X review: "Outrageously entertaining, entertainingly outrageous"

‘No one starts at the finish line’ growls Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) at young son Brian (Leo Abelo Perry) in this latest iteration of the Fast Furious saga. And with nine films, one spin-off, and over 21 hours of tyre-squealing mayhem preceding it, you might well question the wisdom of…

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