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Monitors in Brazilian airport started showing porno flicks

Blame it on Rio.

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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.

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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.

AFP

At least 22 killed in latest police raid on Rio favela

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left at least 22 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.

AFP

Brazil: at least 21 people killed during police raid in Rio favela

Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history

The Guardian - US

21 killed in latest police raid on Rio favela

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left 21 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.

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11 dead in Rio de Janeiro police raid shootout

A police raid in Rio de Janeiro left 11 people dead including an innocent woman hit by a stray bullet, authorities in the Brazilian city said.

Evening Standard

Eleven dead in police raid on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro

Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said.

Reuters

Rio's urban gardens produce healthy food for the poor

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Gun-toting youths watch over a street in a Rio de Janeiro slum hit hard by drug trafficking, but walk a bit further and this rough area also boasts the largest urban vegetable garden in Latin America.

AFP

Brazil seeks to fight police violence with body cams

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Seeking to curb chronic police violence, Rio de Janeiro plans to start using officer body cams, a measure that has shown promising results elsewhere in Brazil but that experts say won't be a panacea.

AFP

Rio Architects' founding director announces retirement

Huw Lloyd Jones will leave at the end of this year after 22 years since co-founding the Cardiff-headquartered firm

Birmingham Post

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review – a glorious all-star memorial service

Judi Dench, Rob Brydon, Imelda Staunton and Bernadette Peters joined the cast for this superb tribute to a genius

The Guardian - UK

Rio to host top tech conference Web Summit

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The head of Web Summit, the huge technology conference dubbed the "Davos for geeks," announced Tuesday that Rio de Janeiro will host the first edition of the event outside Europe.

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Katie Taylor says 'biggest disappointment' of Rio 2016 pushed her to 'greatest comeback'

Four years after winning gold at the London Olympics, Taylor suffered a shock loss to Finland’s Mira Potkonen at the 2016 Games in Rio

Daily Mirror

Russian Olympian vows to boycott Olympics until country's flag is restored

Russian fencing star Sofya Velikaya is a veteran of four Olympic Summer Games, having won gold medals at Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last summer, as well as three silvers

Reuters

Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio's

Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition.

Zenger

Jeez That’s Big: New Christ Statue Is One Of Tallest In The World

Work on ‘Christ the Protector’ was completed in the municipality of Encantado in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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AFP

Solar energy projects lower bills in Rio de Janeiro favelas

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - In a hillside slum with breathtaking views of Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana beach, a rooftop covered in photovoltaic panels glitters in the tropical sun -- one of many in Brazil's first favela solar energy project.

Daily Mirror

Rio Carnival tragedy as girl, 11, dies in freak accident after falling from float

Raquel Antunes da Silva bravely fought for her life for 36 hours at the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, but she eventually succumbed to internal bleeding and died on Friday

AFP

Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal

Paris (AFP) - Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005.

The Guardian - UK

‘Carnival is politics’: revellers bring anti-Bolsonaro sentiment to Rio’s streets

With elections less than six months away, many see festival as a chance to vent their anger at far-right president

France 24

Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade returns after pandemic hiatus

Colorful floats and flamboyant dancers are delighting tens of thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sambadrome, putting on a delayed Carnival celebration after the pandemic halted the dazzling displays.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'So Much Joy': Brazil Holds First Carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil. After two long years, a flood of dancers and drummers reclaimed the iconic beach city's "Sambadrome," its dedicated carnival parade venue, which…

Bangkok Post

'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid-19

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil.

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