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‘Hell de Janeiro’: scorching heat highlights Brazil’s glaring inequality

It felt like 58.5C in Rio on Tuesday – and the soaring, indeed dangerous, temperatures are hitting the poorest hardest

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift announces postponement of Rio show due to ‘extreme temperatures’

The singer is currently on the South American leg of The Eras Tour

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift postpones Brazil show due to heat, day after fan dies during concert

Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show, according to a message posted on the singer's Instagram.

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Taylor Swift Has Postponed Her 2nd Brazil Show After A Fan Tragically Died Amidst Soaring Temps

Taylor Swift has postponed her second Eras Tour show in Brazil after a 23-year-old fan died on the first night. The city of Rio de Janeiro has been sweltering through a massive heatwave that has seen its heat index reading (a number that combines humidity and temperature) reach 59.3 degrees…

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Taylor Swift Just Postponed Her Second Eras Tour Show In Rio, Read Her Statement

Taylor Swift released a statement explaining why she's postponed her second Eras Tour show in Rio.

Cinemablend

Taylor Swift’s second Brazil show postponed over heat concerns after fan’s death

Fan died at Swift’s Rio de Janeiro concert on 17 November

The Independent UK

Swift reacts to death of fan at Rio show

"I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this," Swift said on Instagram Stories

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As Taylor Swift Confirms A Fan Died Before Her Eras Tour Show, Videos Of The Singer Helping Fans At The Concert Amid Heat Wave Are Going Viral

Taylor Swift confirmed a fan died before her Eras Tour show in Rio. She also has gone viral for helping fans get water amid a heat wave during the concert.

Cinemablend

Taylor Swift says she has a ‘shattered heart’ after death of fan before Rio show

The shows organisers said that a 23-year-old died in hospital.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift fan dies at Rio concert as fans complain about high temperatures and lack of water

A 23 year-old Taylor Swift fan has died at the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro

The Independent UK

Rio's iconic Christ statue welcomes Taylor Swift with open arms thanks to Swifties and a priest

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated with a welcome to Brazil message for Taylor Swift

The Independent UK

Could Rio weather ultimately prevent Taylor Swift from attending Eagles – Chiefs?

Could rain reschedule Taylor Swift's Sunday show to Monday? We'll see.

USA Today Sports Media Group

British Airways crew ‘lied about robbery to cover up drug and alcohol binge in Rio De Janeiro’

Rio De Janeiro police have accused BA crew of ‘inventing’ the armed robbery to avoid being punished by bosses

The Independent UK

‘If it doesn’t smell like funk, something’s wrong with your recipe’: Brazilian baile funk goes global, again

Four decades after it originated in the favelas of Rio, a new wave of the electronic music genre is exploding on TikTok, and inspiring the likes of Cardi B and Travis Scott

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Bridging an ocean, Angolan king visits Brazilian community descended from slaves

Residents in a Brazilian community descended from runaway slaves ini Rio de Janeiro have welcomed the visiting monarch of the Bailundo kingdom in Angola, where many of the residents trace their ancestry

The Guardian - US

Brazil: Lula deploys troops to ports and airports in organised crime crackdown

Military intervention to last until May and is reportedly designed to cut off key drug and gun smuggling routes

The Guardian - UK

‘Funk is the reality we live’: Rio show celebrates sound of the favela

Exhibition puts music previously shunned by elites as ‘stuff of outlaws’ in long tradition of black culture and resistance

The Independent UK

Tensions spike in Rio de Janeiro ahead of Copa Libertadores soccer final and after Copacabana brawl

Tensions are high in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final following a brawl between fan clubs and a fierce police response on the Copacabana beach

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Watch the the hilariously weird moment that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a trumpet solo with Nirvana

Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers man lend his brass skills to Smells Like Teen Spirit at a festival in Brazil in 1993

The Guardian - UK

Zona Franca review – a fleet-footed favela dance party

With incredible moves from Rio’s Cia Suave, Alice Ripoll choreographs a joyful celebration of young lives

Autosport

Brazilian Grand Prix signs F1 contract to 2030

The championship returned to the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in 1990, after a switch to Rio de Janeiro 12 years previously, and in 2020 event officials renewed terms with F1 for another five years.

France 24

Brazil's army deployed to transport hubs in crackdown on organised crime

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country's most important airports, ports and international borders as part of a renewed effort to tackle organised crime in Latin America's largest nation.

The Independent UK

Brazil to militarize key airports, ports and international borders in crackdown on organized crime

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says armed forces will boost security at some of the country's most important airports, ports and along its international borders as part of a renewed effort to tackle organized crime

The Guardian - US

Brazil slave trafficker’s links to top bank spark debate over reparations

Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro deploys helicopters in extra security after a criminal gang torches 35 buses

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are deploying helicopters and other extra security after members of a criminal gang set fire to at least 35 buses in apparent retaliation for the police slaying of one of their key members

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