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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 · Nov 18, 2023

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 · Nov 18, 2023

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 · Nov 18, 2023

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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 · Nov 17, 2023

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 · Nov 17, 2023

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 · Nov 16, 2023

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

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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 Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

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 - US · Nov 6, 2023

‘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 Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2023

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

Louder · Nov 3, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

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.

Autosport · Nov 3, 2023

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France 24 · Nov 2, 2023

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 · Nov 1, 2023

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 · Oct 26, 2023

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 · Oct 24, 2023

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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The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Paramilitary gangs in Brazil torch more than 35 buses in Rio de Janeiro attacks

Criminals reportedly set fire to at least 35 buses, four lorries and a train, apparently in retaliation for the killing of a senior paramilitary leader by police

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Streets of purple haze: how the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring

Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth all feature avenues of them.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Rio de Janeiro's security forces launch raids in 3 favelas to target criminals

Rio de Janeiro’s state government has deployed hundreds of police officers to three of the city’s sprawling and low-income neighborhoods

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

4 doctors were gunned down on a Rio beach and there are suspicions of a political motive

Four doctors have been shot — three of them fatally — beside a beach in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in what may have been a politically motivated execution

The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2023

‘Even Lucifer was using a fan’: Brazil bakes as mercilessly hot spring begins

Having just emerged from its warmest winter since 1961, the country is sweltering amid unforgiving and unseasonal temperatures

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

Waste Land: moving documentary sifts through Rio landfill to find human stories

In a film that celebrates the power of creativity, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz collaborates with pickers at a rubbish dump to create art from salvaged material

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2023

Inequality, UNSC reforms at centre of Brazil G20: President Lula

Brazil fought for the alliance and has competence in it. Brazil will prioritize inequality, reform multilateral institutions, convert African debt into public works and make G20 more democratic.

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