Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) — about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North ...

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured all regulatory approvals to proceed with its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM)(NYSE: ALTM), with the transaction set to close in ...

Rio Ferdinand insists Arsenal “could win the league” by signing Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak in the summer transfer window. The Gunners’ hopes of winning the Premier League title ...

Rio Tinto told investors a multibillion-dollar expansion of its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia was running to budget and schedule in the same week it held crisis meetings to review warnings of ...

Tula-Tu, a two-week-old female Asian elephant calf born at the Oregon Zoo, will finally make her public debut Friday. The baby elephant has spent the past few weeks bonding with her mother, Rose ...

The Oregon Zoo is set to welcome visitors to meet its newest resident, Tula-Tu, a 2-week-old Asian elephant calf. Beginning Friday, Feb. 21, Tula-Tu and her mother, Rose-Tu, will be available for ...

The Oregon Zoo has determined that the newest member of its Asian elephant herd is indeed a girl, and given her a name: Tula-Tu. Oregon Zoo director Heidi Rahn made the announcement live on NBC ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Teenage tennis sensation João Fonseca frustrated his home fans at the Rio Open in a first-round loss Tuesday, two days after winning his first ATP title. Fonseca lost 6-1, 7-6 ...

Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries. Rio 2016 arguably did more for the ...

By Ludmilla Correia Contributor Coincidence or not, it was a full moon Tuesday (Feb. 11) in Rio de Janeiro. The sky was clear, without stars, as the biggest star got ready to shine at the Nilton ...

(KTVZ) -- Rose-Tu’s baby has a name! The young Asian elephant calf, born at the Oregon Zoo on Feb. 1, will henceforth be known as Tula-Tu, a name chosen by care staff to reflect both her ...