BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, falls on Saturday this year. Various ...

"Assaults, including with sedatives and drugs placed in drinks, are common, especially in Rio de Janeiro," the State Department adds ... comunidades or conglomerados and the "Satellite Cities" of ...

Months before Lindbergh made history, Brazil’s João Ribeiro de Barros crossed the Atlantic in a salvaged S.55 flying boat.

Rio de Janeiro's iconic beaches are poised for a significant change. The familiar sounds of samba music, the readily ...

A general view of the closing ceremony before the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, July 13, 2014 ...

In the exercise called Dragoon Fury, the French Navy used its amphibious helicopter carrier Tonnerre as a drone platform.

Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall is rolling out new rules to control beachside activities due to come into force on June 1.

ARMED with brushes and paint, volunteers touch up houses left standing after devastating floods last year that killed nearly ...

In addition to the iconic venue in Rio de Janeiro, the 64 matches of the competition will be played in Belo Horizonte (Mineirao Stadium), Brasilia (National Stadium), Fortaleza (Castelao Arena), Porto ...

A failed Soviet satellite, dubbed Kosmos 482 ... Havana, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Hiroshima, and Nagpur. However, chances are good that the landing capsule will end up in an ocean which accounts ...

Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a bomb at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro. Saturday's event drew some 2 ...

In this aerial view fans of US singer Lady Gaga wait hours before the beginning of her mega-concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: AFP Aerial view of fans waiting for the ...