Half of Brazilian Women Are Avoiding Pregnancy Because of Zika
Source: Time By Alice Park Brazil has undeniably been the country hardest hit by the latest epidemic of Zika virus; it leads the world in confirmed cases of infection with nearly […]
Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs
Source: BBC The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said […]
Huge dinosaur footprint discovered in South America
Source: CNN By Jareen Imam, CNN (CNN)There’s a good chance that if flesh-eating dinosaurs were still around today, we wouldn’t just have to worry about their sharp teeth. Scientists recently […]
Brazil TV star Domingos Montagner drowns on set of soap opera
Source: BBC Brazilian soap opera star Domingos Montagner will be buried in his native city of Sao Paulo on Saturday following his tragic death. He drowned in a river where […]
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff removed from office by Senate
Source: BBC Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing […]
The Shot That Healed A Nation
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro Neymar delivered Brazil soccer gold—and a measure of revenge over Germany He was Brazil’s face for theseOlympics, carrying a nation’s expectations on his feet. […]
Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 200M Despite Missing World Record
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro No chest-pumping before the finish of this race. Usain Bolt was clear of the field, by a good body length, down the stretch of […]
Rio Olympics: US swimmer Jimmy Feigen ‘settles robbery row’
Source: BBC US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity over his involvement in a dispute about an armed robbery. He was one of four gold medallists who hit the headlines after teammate Ryan Lochte claimed that the group had been robbed at […]
Nigeria Is Freeing Children From Boko Haram, Then Locking Them Up
Source: The New York Times MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — It had been more than a month, and Dije Ali was still locked in a military prison with her seven children. She […]
Dwindling Amazon Jewish community keeps faith despite religious exodus
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler in Iquitos The sudden barrage of a tropical downpour on a tin roof almost drowns out the small congregation, before they lift their voices and the […]
Raped for speaking out against rape
Source: BBC By Lucy Ash A Colombian woman who denounced armed groups for sexually abusing women and girls was abducted by the militants and subjected to a terrible punishment. Her […]
Why the World’s Best Athletes Can’t Stop Eating McDonald’s
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro The line snakes out of the door and into the Olympic athlete village in Rio de Janeiro, a United Nations of track-suits and warm-up […]
Why Olympic Swimmers Win the Most Medals
Source: Time By Alice Park/Rio de Janeiro Michael Phelps may collect gold medals like they’re Brazilian centavos, but he’s not the only swimmer dominating the all-time medal tally. While no other […]
Pressure to allow hijab in basketball mounts as decision looms
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Something you won’t see in sun-worshipping, skin-baring Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympics continue: women covering their heads on the basketball […]
Brazilian priest cited in ‘Spotlight’ hangs himself in jail
Source: Reuters Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Paul Simao A Brazilian priest mentioned in the Catholic clergy sex abuse film “Spotlight” was found dead in a prison cell after he was arrested again for suspected pedophilia, authorities said on Monday. Father Bonifacio Buzzi, 57, hanged himself with a sheet […]
Ibtihaj Muhammad Makes History in Rio
Source: Time By Sean Gregory / Rio de Janeiro Were you hoping Donald Trump was watching? “Who?” Ibtihaj Muhammad, the American fencer who had just lost to Cecilia Berder, of France, in the round of 16 at the women’s individual saber event in Rio, coyly replied with a smile. Her dream […]
Amazing sighting of rare Spix’s macaw
Source: BBC By Matt Walker 1 July 2016 An unexpected sighting has been made of one of the world’s rarest birds. There are thought to be fewer than 100 surviving […]
Zika Has People Freaked Out About the Olympics. But Experts Aren’t Worried
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Why scientists say the Zika panic surrounding the Olympics is overhyped The 2016 Olympics in Rio are around the corner, and doctors and athletes alike are […]
How we unravelled Maya secrets from the air
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk 26 May 2016 Some of the most magnificent Maya murals ever found – dating to 100BC – were discovered deep in the jungle of San […]
This Park in Peru Is Nature ‘in Its Full Glory’—With Hunters
Source: National Geographic By Emma Marris Photographs by Charlie Hamilton James Manú National Park is a biological wonder, protected—for now—by isolation and the indigenous people deep in its rain forest. Elias Machipango Shuverireni picks […]