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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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Exclusive: Kia Brings Forward India Product Launch By Four Months
Korean carmaker Kia Motors had intended to launch its first cars in India by the middle to second half of 2019. But we now have exclusive information that suggests a much earlier model debut.
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For Facebook Post On Mamata Banerjee, Student Named On Big Banner
A debate with friends on Facebook on Mamata Banerjee has turned into a nightmare for a 21-year-old engineering student in Kolkata.
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Rio Olympics 2016 Set For Gala Opening, All Roads Lead to Maracana
Some 50,000 spectators are expected at Olympic Games 2016 while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil host their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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Rio Olympics: Carnival After Hangover as 2016 Games Get Under Way
Football legend Pele is tipped to ignite the Olympic flame at Rio's iconic Maracana Stadium in Friday's opening ceremony
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Rio Carnival Dances Toward Wild Finale, Swatting Zika Aside
Swatting aside fears over the Zika virus, the glittering dancers of the Rio Carnival samba championship and their adoring fans were primed Sunday for their first all-night parade.
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Rio Carnival Goers Tell Zika Mosquito To Buzz Off
A massive, fleshy crowd of semi-naked people might seem like the Zika-transmitting mosquito's paradise, but Rio Carnival goers Saturday said nothing -- not even an international health emergency -- can stop the party.
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Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
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Zika, Mosquitoes Outwit Rio As Carnival, Olympics Loom
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors for upcoming Carnival festivities and the Olympic Games in August, the city is scrambling to expel one unwelcome new arrival: the Zika virus.
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Zika, Mosquitoes Outwit Rio As Carnival, Olympics Loom
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors for upcoming Carnival festivities and the Olympic Games in August, the city is scrambling to expel one unwelcome new arrival: the Zika virus.
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Rafael Nadal Experiences 'Unforgettable' Rio Carnival in Rain
Rafael Nadal will play his first round match in Rio on Tuesday against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.
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Rafael Nadal Seeks Rio Defence in Carnival Spirit
Rafael Nadal was joining Brazilian legend and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten first off Sunday night to sample the atmosphere of the samba parades before a 70,000 crowd as the elite schools showed off their moves.
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Rafael Nadal Limbers up for Rio Defense and Carnival
The Rio Open begins on Monday but Rafael Nadal arrived early to learn about the carnival and get a feel of the energy in the colourful city.
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Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades
Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de Janeiro's extravagant Carnival parades on Monday night.
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Brazil's Carnival turns focus to glitzy parades
Samba school Imperio da Tijuca opened Rio's famed Carnival parade on Sunday night with an over-the-top display that included buxom dancers in bikinis and feathers, thumping drum sections and a float shaped like a giant crustacean.
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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
-
Exclusive: Kia Brings Forward India Product Launch By Four Months
Korean carmaker Kia Motors had intended to launch its first cars in India by the middle to second half of 2019. But we now have exclusive information that suggests a much earlier model debut.
-
For Facebook Post On Mamata Banerjee, Student Named On Big Banner
A debate with friends on Facebook on Mamata Banerjee has turned into a nightmare for a 21-year-old engineering student in Kolkata.
-
Rio Olympics 2016 Set For Gala Opening, All Roads Lead to Maracana
Some 50,000 spectators are expected at Olympic Games 2016 while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil host their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 FIFA World Cup
-
Rio Olympics: Carnival After Hangover as 2016 Games Get Under Way
Football legend Pele is tipped to ignite the Olympic flame at Rio's iconic Maracana Stadium in Friday's opening ceremony
-
Rio Carnival Dances Toward Wild Finale, Swatting Zika Aside
Swatting aside fears over the Zika virus, the glittering dancers of the Rio Carnival samba championship and their adoring fans were primed Sunday for their first all-night parade.
-
Rio Carnival Goers Tell Zika Mosquito To Buzz Off
A massive, fleshy crowd of semi-naked people might seem like the Zika-transmitting mosquito's paradise, but Rio Carnival goers Saturday said nothing -- not even an international health emergency -- can stop the party.
-
Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
-
Zika, Mosquitoes Outwit Rio As Carnival, Olympics Loom
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors for upcoming Carnival festivities and the Olympic Games in August, the city is scrambling to expel one unwelcome new arrival: the Zika virus.
-
Zika, Mosquitoes Outwit Rio As Carnival, Olympics Loom
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors for upcoming Carnival festivities and the Olympic Games in August, the city is scrambling to expel one unwelcome new arrival: the Zika virus.
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Rafael Nadal Experiences 'Unforgettable' Rio Carnival in Rain
Rafael Nadal will play his first round match in Rio on Tuesday against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.
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Rafael Nadal Seeks Rio Defence in Carnival Spirit
Rafael Nadal was joining Brazilian legend and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten first off Sunday night to sample the atmosphere of the samba parades before a 70,000 crowd as the elite schools showed off their moves.
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Rafael Nadal Limbers up for Rio Defense and Carnival
The Rio Open begins on Monday but Rafael Nadal arrived early to learn about the carnival and get a feel of the energy in the colourful city.
-
Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades
Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de Janeiro's extravagant Carnival parades on Monday night.
-
Brazil's Carnival turns focus to glitzy parades
Samba school Imperio da Tijuca opened Rio's famed Carnival parade on Sunday night with an over-the-top display that included buxom dancers in bikinis and feathers, thumping drum sections and a float shaped like a giant crustacean.
