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 ...

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A group of Brazilian scientists has detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro’s most stunning beaches, in research being published a month before the city hosts the 2016 ...

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 ...

Thousands flocked to Rio de Janeiro’s famed beaches on Sunday, December 20, at the start of summer in the southern hemisphere, worrying authorities as coronavirus infections continue to rise in the ...

BEFORE: Rio de Janeiro's beaches, including Copacabana and Ipanema, are famous. According to The Guardian they evoke: "freedom, youth and long, sun-kissed limbs." In the summer it can be difficult to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) --The Australian Olympic Committee has banned its athletes from two of Rio's most popular beaches during the evenings after the armed robbery of Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte and ...