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Humans of Olympics: Meet Han, Song and Xu, three Chinese friends volunteering in Rio

Love, wanderlust and passion for sports, these three Chinese friends have very different reasons to be in the Rio Olympics!

Rio 2016: A glimpse of the stunning venues for the Olympic Games

Rio 2016: Ahead of the Olympics, here's a glimpse of the host city at night

Pokemon Go at Rio Olympics: Mayor Eduardo Paes invites Nintendo to Brazil

Could hunting for a Pokemon get any better? Maybe in Rio as the city about to host the Olympic Games is urging makers of the app to come down to Brazil.

Rio Olympics 2016: Any unidentified aircraft will be shot down, warns Brazil's Defence Minister

Brazil government has warned that it will shoot down any unidentified aircraft that violates the protected airspace around facilities of the Olympics Games.

Feeling hot hot hot: Risqué sand sculptures of women on Copacabana beach irk local Brazilians

Sand sculptures of curvaceous, full-bottomed women on Copacabana beach may be one of Rio de Janeiro's wackier tourist attractions, but now they're under fire from a resident's association claiming the risque creations promote prostitution.

Teargas in the day, fireworks in the night: World Cup explodes in Brazil

The fireworks that exploded over the mega-city after each goal for Brazil made the tear gas and clashes just up the road from Corinthians Arena seem so much more distant.

Brazil's weak mobile networks could disrupt World Cup tweets

Brazilian court sentences 3 for rape of American woman

A Rio de Janeiro court convicted three men on Thursday in the gangrape of an American woman aboard a public transit van that shocked Brazil and made headlines around the world.