RIO DE JANEIRO — Citing a spike in petty thefts along Rio's iconic beaches, the Australian Olympic Committee on Sunday ordered its athletes to stay off the sand from sunset to sundown. The Olympians ...

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games, the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a ...

But Rio’s beach kiosks find themselves at a curious crossroads as the 2016 Olympics begin. With the coming of the Olympics, the city spent years making renovations to athletic stadiums and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - One minute Victor Javier was rapt in a carefree game of beach soccer; the next he was a hapless victim of Rio de Janeiro's "shock of order" crackdown. Two city guards in ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The first time I visited Rio de Janeiro, I was sitting on Ipanema beach when a man jumped in front of my ...

"As many animals appear during this migration, it is common to find some dead ones, it is common for some of them to be stranded dead or die at sea.” "It's a very decomposed animal, in an advanced ...

Rio de Janeiro – On the sandy beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, where tourists come to play and hawkers of sarongs and coconut water set up their stalls, the summer heat of December ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the ...

R I O   D E   J A N E I R O, Brazil, Nov. 13 -- Ironically in a country known for skimpy bikinis that reveal more than theycover, Rio de Janeiro has balked for the past nine years at ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Citing a spike in petty thefts along Rio's iconic beaches, the Australian Olympic Committee on Sunday ordered its athletes to stay off the sand from sunset to sundown. The Olympians ...