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Brazil youth voter drive battles apathy - and could help Lula

In the patio of an evangelical youth group in the rough suburbs of Rio de Janeiro one recent weekday afternoon, 18-year-old Vitoria Rodrigues opened up her laptop and began to register young voters for Brazil's upcoming elections.

Reuters

Torrential Rains Kill 14 in Brazil

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said Saturday. Two days of heavy rain have battered a broad swathe of the southeastern state's Atlantic coast, the latest in a series of…

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Kate Ferdinand says she 'finds herself wishing husband Rio's late wife Rebecca back'

Kate Ferdinand says she finds herself at times "wishing Rebecca was back here" as she details how she struggles watching her family grieve

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In Brazil, your internet provider may be a mobster, cops say

As Rio de Janeiro residents sheltered at home last year during the deadliest phase of Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak, police detective Gabriel Ferrando said he got a tip that something suspicious was upending local internet service.

Reuters

Rio relaxes the use of masks as pandemic wanes in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is relaxing the use of masks as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in Brazil

The Independent UK

Scottish football's most notorious divers as Lewis Ferguson is blasted by Robbie Neilson

The Aberdeen star was slammed for conning the referee to win a penalty at Tynecastle and here we look at others in our game with a reputation for diving.

Daily Record

World needs climate accountability

It has been 30 years since world leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro and agreed on a set of measures to start the global mobilisation against human-caused climate change and to meet the imperative of a more sustainable development model. Their Rio Declaration affirmed that "human beings are at the…

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In Rio, even a ban can't keep revelers from Carnival streets

The pandemic has disrupted Carnival in Rio de Janeiro for a second straight year

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro is ready to party, with or without carnival

As Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival holiday rolls around this year without official events due to Brazil's ongoing Omicron coronavirus wave, a slew of private parties are ensuring glitter-dusted revelers will have plenty of ways to celebrate.

Reuters

Death toll in Brazil's Petropolis mudslides, floods hits 176; more than 110 missing

The death toll from last week's mudslides and floods in the Brazilian city of Petropolis reached 176 as of Monday, Rio de Janeiro's state civil defense said, with more than 110 people still missing.

Reuters

Brazil’s deadly mudslides reflect neglect, climate change

This week’s landslides in the Brazilian city of Petropolis tore down houses and ripped families apart

The Independent UK

Rescuers Scour for Survivors after Brazil Floods, Landslides Kill 94

Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people. Streets were turned into torrential rivers and houses swept away Tuesday when heavy storms dumped a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brazil mudslides kill at least 94, with dozens still missing

Rio de Janeiro state’s government has confirmed that at least 94 people died in landslides that ravaged the city of Petropolis, but it is still unclear how many bodies remain trapped in the mud

The Independent UK

Brazil mudslides and floods kill at least 18 outside Rio

There was widespread concern that the death toll could surge as teams searched damaged areas in the Petropolis region

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At least eight people killed in Rio de Janeiro police raid

At least eight people were killed on Friday during a dawn police raid in Rio de Janeiro's Vila Cruzeiro favela, local police said, adding the operation targeted a major drug dealer.

The Independent UK

Police raid in Rio de Janeiro leaves at least 8 dead

A police operation in a poor community in Rio de Janeiro has left at least eight people dead

Wales Online

World news snapshot: Japan's reaction to the Ukraine crisis, Winter Olympics souvenirs and shootings at schools in Rio de Janeiro

Reports include a build-up of corpses in San Francisco and a missing Belgian backpacker

Evening Standard

Lisbon! LA! Rio! Meet the new digital nomads WFA* (that’s Working From Anywhere)

Rosie Fitzmaurice on the new jet set

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Anti-racism protesters march in Brazil after refugee murdered in Rio

Thousands take to streets in major cities after murder of Congolese man on famous Rio beach

The Independent UK

Demonstrators protest killing of Congolese refugee in Brazil

Demonstrators gathered on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other Brazilian cities to protest the killing of a 24-year-old Congolese refugee who was beaten to death on Jan. 24, and which sparked outrage and revulsion across the nation

Reuters

Protests against murder of Congolese immigrant focus on racism in Brazil

Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday demanded justice and decried racism at the beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro where a Congolese immigrant was beaten to death last month.

The Guardian - US

‘A George Floyd every 23 minutes’: fury at refugee’s brutal murder at Rio beach

Thousands expected at Saturday demonstration as killing of young Congolese lays bare racial fault lines in Brazilian society

Al Jazeera

Calls for justice after DRC refugee murdered in Brazil

Family say Moise Kabagambe, 24, was fatally beaten after asking for overdue wages from his Rio de Janeiro employer.

Reuters

Brutal killing of Congolese refugee shocks Brazil, three arrested

Brazilian police have made three arrests after the deadly beating of a Congolese refugee, captured on security camera images at a beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro, set off outraged calls for justice and planned protests in major cities.

The Guardian - US

‘Samba is politics’: struggle for Brazil’s future invades its dancefloors

Outcry as club that is symbol of black resistance finds itself at the centre of politically charged squabble over Bolsonaro’s far-right government

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