RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge sentenced two former police officers to decades behind bars on Thursday for the 2018 murders of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco ...

Jody Cundy wins his 22nd world track gold medal with victory in the 1km time trial at the Para-Cycling World Championships in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- A massive fire tore through a 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro late Sunday, lighting up the night and sending large plumes of smoke into the air. Firefighters worked to put out ...

In January, the military police of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro pledged to reduce killings by its officers by 20 percent by the end of the year. But from January to July, the number of police ...

Brazil's government sent the army into Rio de Janeiro to take over public security in February. It was the first such move since the country's military dictatorship fell in the mid-1980s. In the ...

Brazil's presidential chief of staff, Rui Costa, said on Wednesday the government has no plans to eliminate public transport ...

Norwegian Air is adding its first route to Brazil as it continues to aggressively ramp up its trans-Atlantic schedule. The fast-growing European low-cost carrier will begin flying from its hub at ...

The Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Project was designed to increase adoption of sustainable farming systems, productivity, and competitiveness for smallholder farmers in the state of Rio ...