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Hundreds of taxis blocked main roads in Rio de Janeiro on Friday in a protest against Uber that underlined the potential for disruption when...
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Brazil, the country hardest hit by the Zika virus, is facing another health problem with the Olympics it is hosting just months away: a...
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Brazil’s sports minister resigned Wednesday amid a raging political crisis, five months before Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games, the presidency said. “The...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP on Monday it was monitoring very closely the political crisis in Brazil five months ahead of the...
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French prosecutors are investigating suspicions of corruption surrounding bidding for this year’s Rio Olympics and the 2020 Games in Tokyo, a judicial source told...
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Marcia Lemos’s address is still 68 de la Avenida Autodromo, but not for long: the final resident of a neighborhood razed to make way...
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The Australian Olympic Committee has upset Rio officials by imposing a ban on their athletes going to the city’s favelas during this year’s Olympic...
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Rio state officials have insisted that the city’s metro system — crucial to moving huge crowds during the Olympics this August — willbe done...
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An Argentine woman was killed Wednesday in a knife attack on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, a city landmark that will be at the...
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Drug testing of Australia’s athletes began eight months ago in a rigorous anti-doping programme ahead of this year’s Rio Olympics to help protect the...