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Over 200 people tied to a rope jump off 98-foot tall bridge in Brazil to set world record

The death-defying rope jumping event in Hortolandia near Sao Paulo city surpassed a previous Brazilian attempt with 149 participants.

Oct 24, 2017

By Ananya Roy

Childless 'womb raiders killed mum-to-be then snatched baby cut from her belly'

Two people have been charged with the alleged killing of a 20-year-old woman, who was 37 weeks pregnant, who was found dead in Brazil with her stomach slashed open.

Oct 23, 2017

By William Watkinson

Brazil

Flight diverted after drunk woman attacked passenger and flight crew mid-air

A TUI flight from Manchester to Cancun was diverted to Quebec City after a drunken woman attacked a passenger and flight crew mid-air. The woman was arrested upon landing.

Oct 23, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Brazil police kill elderly tourist during favela gunfight with Rio drugs gang

Police in Brazil accidentally killed an elderly Spanish tourist during a shootout with a drugs gang in Rochina, a Rio de Janeiro favela.

Oct 23, 2017

By Josh Robbins

What the 8 prototypes of Trump's US-Mexico border wall look like and how much they cost

Photos of the eight prototypes built for US President Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall, including one with sharp metal spikes on top.

Oct 23, 2017

By David Sim

Donald Trump

China's 'Olympic madman' who travelled by rickshaw to three Olympics dies in road accident

Chen Guanming was on his way to the Glaciar Perito Moreno, a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, when the tragic accident took place.

Oct 23, 2017

By Karen Noronha

Argentina

Female bear and her cubs shot dead after biting and scratching two people in British Columbia

The black bear knocked the woman down, bit her in the back and scratched her and later attacked a conservation officer.

Oct 23, 2017

By Karen Noronha

UN under fire as Robert Mugabe named WHO goodwill ambassador

International rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the announcement, highlighting the dire state of Zimbabwe's health service.

Oct 21, 2017

By Aristos Georgiou

Human rights Robert Mugabe

Brazil police arrest more than 100 paedophiles

More than 1,000 agents took part in one of the biggest anti-paedophilia operations in Latin America.

Oct 21, 2017

By Vasudevan Sridharan

Brazil

Sao Paulo wants to give hungry schoolchildren processed 'dog food' pellets

A plan by the mayor of Sao Paulo to give children pellets made from leftovers has divided opinion in a city that struggles to feed lower-income residents.

Oct 20, 2017

By Neil Murphy

Brazil

Ontario Superior Court in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Man 'not guilty' of raping wife because he believed it was his right to have sex with her

An Ottawa man has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting his wife because he believed he had the right to have sex with her whenever he liked.

Oct 20, 2017

By Roger Baird

Husband 'catches nurse having sex with his recently deceased wife' in hospital morgue

Bolivian Grover Macuchapi accused of profaning a corpse after allegedly being caught engaging in sexual act at hospital in La Paz.

Oct 20, 2017

By Ewan Palmer

British Airways could face £100m in compensation

British Airways apologises for bed bugs that family endured on overnight flight

BA has apologised to a family that got bitten by bed bugs on an overnight flight from Vancouver to London.

Oct 19, 2017

By Brendan Cole

Barbados drug smuggler had £115k of cocaine hidden under his shirt at UK airport

UK Border Force and the National Crime Agency rumbled Andrew McCollin's operation at Manchester Airport.

Oct 19, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Ecuador teacher jailed over alleged sexual abuse of 84 children

The arrest is part of a wider investigation into "alleged sexual offences in the field of education" in the country.

Oct 19, 2017

By Ananya Roy

Man sues Sunwing Airlines because it served sparkling wine instead of champagne

Daniel Macduff has sued Sunwing Airlines after it advertised a complimentary champagne toast but instead served him sparkling wine.

Oct 19, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Opinion divided over Quebec ban of face coverings for public services

The Canadian province became the first place in North America to instute a ban effectively stopping Muslim women wearing the niqab or burqa from public services.

Oct 18, 2017

By James Tennent

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