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QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leafing through the leather-bound menu at a classic Rio de Janeiro restaurant, the tile-floored, wood-paneled Armazem Sao Thiago, 28-year-old Paula Cardoso says something that amounts to heresy in this establishment: "I prefer QR code menus."

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‘She made excuses and ran to the toilet’: when wedding proposals go hilariously wrong

From the man who almost married a horse to the fancy meal scuppered by an upset stomach, Guardian readers remember their most unromantic romantic moments

The Guardian - UK

Why Freddie Mercury boobed badly by wearing false breasts onstage at Queen's debut Rock In Rio headline show

Launching the inaugural Rock In Rio festival on January 11, 1985, Queen were in majestic form, until Freddie Mercury upset the crowd with his false breasts

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Astrud Gilberto obituary

One of Brazil’s leading bossa nova singers best known for the 1964 international hit The Girl from Ipanema

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira a year on from their deaths

Hundreds gather in Rio and Belém to remember two men who worked to defend the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review

Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…

The Guardian - UK

Brazil's prosecutors block zipline construction at Rio's touristic Sugarloaf Mountain

Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites

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'My son is a Geordie' - Newcastle United star Bruno Guimaraes says son could play for England

Chronicle Live

6 Fast & Furious Characters Who Have Died And How They’re Doing Now

Here's what some of those dead Fast & Furious characters are up to as of the latest installment.

Cinemablend

Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes admits his son could play for England - not Brazil

Bruno Guimaraes may be a fully-fledged Brazil international, having represented his country at last year's World Cup, but the Newcastle star has a seven-month-old son who could line up for England one day

Daily Mirror

Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him

The chants of “monkey!”

The Independent UK

'Fast X' review: Dangerous driving, furious fighting and life lessons from Vin Diesel

"It's like a cult, but with cars," explains one new character to another in "Fast X," the latest in the long-running "Fast & Furious" franchise, and that's as good an explanation as any. Basically, these are superhero movies in which everyone's superpower is that they can drive extremely fast in…

Tribune News Service

‘We’ve done so much damage’: Beatriz Milhazes’s carnivalesque odes to nature

Ahead of a historic survey of her work at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, the Brazilian artist discusses her global inspirations, shape-shifting patterns, and why she’s still an optimist

The Guardian - UK

Movie Review: A delicious Jason Momoa saves 'Fast X' from furiously speeding off into numbness

It is time to say goodbye to the “Fast & Furious” franchise, but it's going to be a long farewell

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Total Film

Fast X review: "Outrageously entertaining, entertainingly outrageous"

‘No one starts at the finish line’ growls Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) at young son Brian (Leo Abelo Perry) in this latest iteration of the Fast Furious saga. And with nine films, one spin-off, and over 21 hours of tyre-squealing mayhem preceding it, you might well question the wisdom of…

The Guardian - US

Fast X review – stupidly entertaining sequel offers more of the same

Vin Diesel et al return for an overstuffed Fast and Furious chapter that delivers giddily effective action but an outsized and silly villain

ABC News

Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic legacy is social inequality, decaying stadia and a defunct cable car

How Rio de Janeiro's defunct cable car became a symbol of the city's extreme social inequality and its disappointing Olympic legacy.

Reuters

U.S. Congressman George Santos agrees to settle lawsuit in Brazil

Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said.

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Rio de Janeiro to host G20 summit in 2024

The world' largest economies grouped in the G20 will hold their annual heads of state or government summit next year in Rio de Janeiro, state Governor Claudio Castro said.

The Guardian - US

David Miranda, campaigner and former Brazilian congressman, dies aged 37

Lula celebrates ‘extraordinary trajectory’ of favela-born politician and Guardian columnist who played key role in Snowden leaks

Fortune

Why the CEOs of OnlyFans and Latin America's top women's health companies see the region as a growth market

CEOs of OnlyFans, Bloom Care, and Oya Care discussed Latin America at Web Summit Rio.

Wales Online

Erling Haaland inspiring Norwegian compatriot and Olympic champion ahead of innovative Ibiza event

Kristian Blummenfelt has watched Haaland, 22, rack up a staggering 51 goals for Manchester City this season and break the Premier League record for most strikes in a campaign - 35 - against West Ham on Wednesday night

The Guardian - UK

All Vin Diesel’s film performances – ranked!

As Groot returns to screens and Fast & Furious hits its 10th instalment, we celebrate an actor who unfailingly delivers a masterclass in badass

USA Today Sports Media Group

UFC veteran Felipe Colares, 29, dies after being struck by bus in Brazil

UFC veteran Felipe Colares was returning home from training when he was struck by a bus and died Monday in Rio de Janeiro.

Woman & Home

King Charles flaunts his dancing skills with scantily clad dancers in hilarious picture from royal tour

King Charles flaunts his dancing skills in a hilarious throwback picture - and there's actually a really sweet story behind it

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