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Calvin Klein's Costa stirring more attention
Francisco Costa has waited — patiently — to make his big splash. He jumped in as creative director for womenswear at Calvin Klein with both feet when ...
Column: Olympic first, a home from home in London
Excited, likely jet-lagged, bursting with ambition and surely a little nervous, too, the thousands of Olympians speaking a multitude of tongues will ...
Critics: Biggest UN summit heading toward failure
The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke. U.S.
Affirmative action backed in largely black Brazil
Brazil's top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across this nation, which has more blacks than ...
Rio de Janeiro stripping away 'visual pollution'
Officials in Rio de Janeiro are trying to make one of the globe's most beautiful cities even more stunning. Some 50 workers began tearing down ...
Problems in pacifying Rio de Janeiro slums
Jose Martins de Oliveira has lived with plenty of weapons and violence during his 45 years in the sprawling hillside shantytown of Rocinha. For most ...
US men's team drawn into tougher Olympic pool
The way things have been going, Americans should have expected a tough road back to Olympic men's basketball gold. "It's been that kind of a year," ...
Group plans more protests against WCup in Brazil
The Brazilian group that forced work to stop at the stadium being built for the 2014 World Cup opener plans to intensify protests across Brazil, ...
Brazil: Officer latest slaying victim in Rio slum
About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death. Rio de Janeiro's ...
UN discusses creation of Gross National Happiness
Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness? Bhutan's ...
Death sparks fears of more fan violence in Brazil
Escalating soccer violence in Brazil is sparking fears of a new wave of confrontations in South America's biggest city. A 21-year-old Palmeiras ...
Brazil's poor get free beauty treatment
A machine purrs as it delivers electrical pulses deep into the saggy skin on Barbara Penha's jawline, a high-tech treatment used first to tighten her ...
Charges filed against Chevron execs in Brazil
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against 17 Chevron and Transocean company executives on Wednesday for an oil leak in the Atlantic, a move ...
Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy
The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's ...
Prince Harry leads race, plays rugby in Rio
Prince Harry began his second day in Brazil running a one-mile (1.6 kilometer) race and playing rugby in Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo beach. The prince ...
Samba dancers entertain Prince Harry at Rio party
Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain's Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday.
IOC pleased with Rio's preparations for 2016 Games
The IOC ended its visit to Rio de Janeiro on Friday, satisfied with the city's preparations for the 2016 Olympics while stressing there is "not a ...
Mass dolphin rescue witnessed off Rio coast
A dramatic video showing 30 beached dolphins being rescued by beachgoers in Brazil has become an internet sensation. The video shows dolphins ...
Hanse of US to design 2016 Rio Olympic golf course
American architect Gil Hanse will design the 2016 Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro, winning the selection Wednesday over Jack Nicklaus, Greg ...
IOC visits Rio ahead of golf course announcement
IOC officials began a three-day trip to Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday to discuss the city's preparations for the 2016 Olympics, and organizers will ...
US still interested in Brazilian military aircraft
The United States is still interested in the Brazilian-made Super Tucano light aircraft, a top State Department official said Thursday, days after the ...
Brazil judge denies injunction against Chevron
A Brazilian judge has turned down a request by federal prosecutors to halt all activities in Brazil of U.S.-based Chevron Corp. and drilling ...
Rio's Carnival a big draw for gay tourists
It took Dutch tourist Adriaan little time after landing in Rio to pick out his favorite spot during Carnival, the five-day party that officially ended ...
Portuguese reject govt call to work on Carnival
Portuguese workers issued a spontaneous "Ja chega!" — "That's enough!" — to the government, rejecting its appeal to stay at their jobs during ...