The Grinch -- in the form of devastating recession, giant corruption and unpaid salaries -- has stolen Rio de Janeiro's Christmas.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president's campaign against drugs.
Brazilian police on Monday killed a drug trafficker, nicknamed "Fat Family", during an exchange of fire in Rio de Janeiro.
For one outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly antidrug campaign in the Philippines, the denouement came quickly.
French former Prime Minister, Mr. Dominique de Villepin, attended “Belt and Road Summit-Financing Through Silk Road Bonds”, co-organized by International Capital Market Association(ICMA) and Dagong Global Credit Rating, in Hong Kong on September 8. He points out that the “Belt and Road” Initiative provides more room for international cooperation to stabilize the global economy.
China's Long Qingquan lifted 170kg in the jerk for a world record total of 307kg to take the men's 56kg weightlifting gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
At least 21 people were arrested Wednesday in an anti-drug trafficking raid in a northern slum of Rio de Janeiro, the police announced.
Brazil's Defence Minister, Raul Jungmann, assured on Friday that the South American country is "peaceful" but it will not hesitate to respond to any attack, especially during the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited Portugal's Council for Refugees (CPR) on Monday to mark World Refugee Day and said the Portuguese were united in receiving asylum-seekers.
The regional government in the Spanish province of Valencia confirmed on Friday almost 3,000 hectares of woodland had been destroyed by four wildfires in the region over the past 48 hours.
The 86th edition of Lisbon's Book Fair kicked off on Thursday at Lisbon's Eduardo VII park and was inaugurated by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
As the latest round of talks seeking to broker a political end to the Syrian crisis concludes, UN mediator Staffan de Mistura hoped that a paper outlining 12 points of commonality between warring factions would form the basis for substantive negotiations in April.
UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Monday that the intra-Syrian talks aim to reach a "clear roadmap" for the five-year-old crisis.
Portuguese Social Democratic Party candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa garnered more than 50 percent of the votes in the Portuguese Presidential elections on Sunday, local TV channels reported, citing preliminary results of the elections.
China has been very active and constructive in the ongoing climate change negotiations here, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Yvo de Boer told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Thursday.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Monday said he regretted the Syrian National Coalition's (SNC) decision to pull out of proposed talks between warring factions, adding he hoped their stance may yet evolve.
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