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Favela kid Coelho helps make badminton a smash in Brazil

Tokyo (AFP) - Ygor Coelho grew up avoiding bullets in his Rio favela -- now his exploits on the badminton court are inspiring Brazilians to pick up a racquet and try the sport themselves.

AFP

Former rugby sevens star Ellia Green speaks at the Bingham Cup anti-transphobia summit in Canada after his transition

Rio Olympic rugby sevens medallist Ellia Green speaks of struggling with mental health after retiring from elite sport, and his plans for the future with his partner and daughter as a trans man.

ABC News

Riya Bhatia recalls happy outing in Rio

Says the experience helped her gain confidence, happy that she played in bigger tournaments

The Hindu

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Sol de Janerio unveil Cheirosa 68 as a perfume mist - and it’s been compared to a perfume that costs £215

Priced from £19, you can save yourself around £196 when swapping the high end version for this bargain, beauty dupe!

Daily Mirror

UFC announces return to Rio de Janeiro in January, new TV deal in Brazil

The UFC will return to Brazil in January for the first time in nearly three years.

USA Today Sports Media Group

German consul arrested in Brazil over husband's death

A German diplomat in Rio de Janeiro, Uwe Herbert Hahn, was arrested on Saturday night in connection with the death of his Belgian husband, police said.

Reuters

Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in what doctors described Monday as the most complex surgery of its kind, which they prepared for using virtual reality.

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Neurosurgeon separates conjoined twins born with brains 'fussed' together after 27-hour surgery

Bernardo and Arthur Lima spent more than 27 hours under the knife in Rio de Janeiro, as paediatric surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani battled to separate the pair.

Daily Record

Conjoined twins successfully separated after 27 hours of 'space age' surgery

Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as they were separated with the help of a British neurosurgeon

Daily Mirror

Maddie Hinch happy to be in the spotlight again after overcoming her fears

The 33-year-old has spoken candidly of the mental health concerns that led her to question her future in the sport

The Independent UK

Brazil: At least 18 killed in police raid on Rio de Janeiro favela

Officers raided the Alemao complex to target a criminal group that had stolen cars, robbed banks and invaded nearby neighbourhoods

Evening Standard

A raid in a Rio favela left 18 dead, sparking renewed police violence complaints

A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections.

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Deadly raid in Rio favela sparks police violence complaints

A raid of Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections

The Independent UK

At least 18 killed in gang-related police raid in Rio de Janeiro

Tactical teams from civil and military police raid a complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro to take down an alleged criminal organisation, but public defenders say there are signs of human rights violations carried out during the operation.

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At least 18 killed in latest deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro

At least 18 people died on Thursday during a major police raid in a dense warren of Rio de Janeiro slums, state military police said, in the latest bloody confrontation in Brazil's second-largest city.

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro police conduct deadly raid in Alemao favelas

Multiple deaths have been reported during a police raid on Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities

Daily Mirror

Man kidnapped and held for £30,000 ransom after hiring two sex workers while on holiday

Rio de Janeiro authorities are still searching for two further men linked to the kidnapping, including one individual who was spotted in the lobby of the holiday rental in Brazil

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro favela sets example by processing own waste

The low-income Enchanted Valley community just outside Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca Forest National Park has managed something no other favela has done: built its own biosystem to process its waste

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Family, friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Thirty years of climate summits: where have they got us?

Highlights and lowlights of Cop since Rio 1992, when countries set up a system to tackle climate crisis

The Independent UK

A doll brings pride, identity for Brazil Indigenous woman

Luakam Anambé wanted her newborn granddaughter to have a doll – something she’d never owned as a child working in slave-like conditions in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Tribune News Service

Monitors in Brazilian airport started showing porno flicks

Blame it on Rio.

AFP

Rio airport screens show porn movies in apparent hack

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - With its thong-covered beaches, flesh-flaunting carnival and sultry nightlife, Rio de Janeiro has a racy reputation, but it rose to a new level Friday when porn films started playing on screens at the Brazilian city's central airport.

AFP

Shock over Brazil police 'torture, executions' in drug raid

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.

AFP

Alcaraz admits 'pressure on me' after saving match point in French Open epic

Paris (AFP) - Teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz admitted there "is a little bit of pressure on me" after saving a match point and coming back from 3-0 down in the final set to defeat Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas and make the French Open third round on Wednesday.

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