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The year 2022 will be remembered as the first time we traveled farther and more freely since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ventured across the Atlantic in larger numbers. We braved airport chaos to visit dream destinations, to explore favorite hideouts anew and to see the people we’d…

Families of the 228 people killed aboard a Rio-Paris flight that crashed in 2009 were hoping for justice at last

French prosecutors in the case against Air France and Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed all 228 people on board said they were unable to prove the companies were guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which infuriated victims’ families.

Major tournaments are short and freakish things happen – and England, unlike more illustrious opponents, are still here

Formula 1 descends on Sao Paolo's Interlagos circuit this weekend for the penultimate round of the 2022 season with both titles already sewn up. But since the Brazilian GP switched to its end-of-season calendar slot in 2004 that hasn't always been the case, with high-stakes races producing several unforgettable thrillers.…

Marcos Rogerio de Lima thinks it's time he got a chance to face a ranked opponent after his win over Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night 213.

After casting his vote for in Brazil’s presidential election in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was hoisting a silver trophy into the air alongside newly crowned soccer champions

Marcos Rogerio de Lima made quick work of Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night 213.

In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…

'Geostorm' positioned itself as a serious disaster film centered on climate change — but it didn't quite manage to burst through.

Rio’s heavily armed paramilitary groups have exploded in influence in recent years to wield power over dozens of communities