Rio de Janeiro, Brazil News

Police officers and celebrities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro joined about 1,500 residents in a race through a shantytown to celebrate peace.

SCOTLAND continued to bask in sunshine over the weekend with temperatures on a par with the Brazilian capital Rio de Janiero.

Michael Haneke won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for a second time Sunday with his stark film about love and death, "Amour." Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro received an honorary doctorate of fine arts during the 146th commencement at Bates College.

While in the past the dream of every Brazilian was to be a full-time employee in a big company in the private sector or in the public sector, nowadays the scenario seems to have changed.

After taking a look at the Fall/Winter 2012 collection from Coca-Cola Clothing from Rio Fashion Week, the contemporary label returns to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil for Fashion Rio to showcase the Spring/Summer 2013 collection.

Take a glimpse at the beachwear and other summer styles on the runways of Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

GE broke ground on a new R$500 million technology center in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, spreading its global R&D footprint and moving closer to large Latin American customers.

Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, the environmental crisis continues to worsen.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged countries to seize the opportunity provided by the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to set the world on a path towards a sustainable future, stressing that collective power in the form of partnerships will be crucial to address the challenges the planet is facing.

Yukio Takasu, the newly appointed U.N. undersecretary general for management, says he will engage in a wide range of reforms at the organization, including the introduction of a more integrated and flexible approach to human resources.

"The United Nations' largest-ever conference, billed as a historic opportunity to create a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke." That was the sobering observation contained in an Associated Press story in The Japan Times of May 13 headlined "Fears of failure loom for largest-ever U.N. summit." "With less than six weeks to go until the ... (more)

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When it comes to recognizing both the traditional position and strengths of -Brazil and its status as an emerging global player, the Obama administration seems to be tone deaf.

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Robynne Boyd began writing about people and the planet when living barefoot and by campfire on the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii.

A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast.

Spanish-Chinese oil venture Repsol Sinopec announced Thursday it has discovered a large hydrocarbon reserve in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin, off Brazil's southeastern coast.

Where is the joy in flying to Paris for a weekend of shopping if your private jet has to stop along the way to refuel? Such are the hardships faced by the stars of a new Brazilian reality TV show called Mulheres Ricas , or Rich Women .

A new Audit report on fragility fractures, issued today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation , predicts that Brazil will experience an explosion in the number of fragility fractures due to osteoporosis in the coming decades.

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