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Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in what doctors described Monday as the most complex surgery of its kind, which they prepared for using virtual reality.

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Neurosurgeon separates conjoined twins born with brains 'fussed' together after 27-hour surgery

Bernardo and Arthur Lima spent more than 27 hours under the knife in Rio de Janeiro, as paediatric surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani battled to separate the pair.

Daily Record

Conjoined twins successfully separated after 27 hours of 'space age' surgery

Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as they were separated with the help of a British neurosurgeon

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Brazil great Zagallo hospitalized over respiratory infection

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Iconic Brazilian football player and coach Mario Zagallo has been admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection, the clinic that admitted him said on Wednesday.

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Bolsonaro starts campaigning for vote he says may be rigged

President Jair Bolsonaro officially kicked off his reelection campaign on Sunday, rallying thousands of his followers to Rio de Janeiro after intensifying his attempts to discredit Brazil’s voting system.

Tribune News Service

Brazil's Bolsonaro, down in the polls, set to officially launch candidacy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to officially become a candidate for re-election at a party convention in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, as he seeks to claw back the commanding lead established by his main rival, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters

Brazil: At least 18 killed in police raid on Rio de Janeiro favela

Officers raided the Alemao complex to target a criminal group that had stolen cars, robbed banks and invaded nearby neighbourhoods

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A raid in a Rio favela left 18 dead, sparking renewed police violence complaints

A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections.

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Deadly raid in Rio favela sparks police violence complaints

A raid of Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections

The Independent UK

At least 18 killed in gang-related police raid in Rio de Janeiro

Tactical teams from civil and military police raid a complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro to take down an alleged criminal organisation, but public defenders say there are signs of human rights violations carried out during the operation.

ABC News

Brazil: 18 people killed in police operation in Rio de Janeiro

According to the sources, 16 victims are suspected criminals, one more is a police officer and another one a local female resident. Full story on Dynamite News:

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At least 18 killed in latest deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro

At least 18 people died on Thursday during a major police raid in a dense warren of Rio de Janeiro slums, state military police said, in the latest bloody confrontation in Brazil's second-largest city.

Reuters

Rio de Janeiro police conduct deadly raid in Alemao favelas

Multiple deaths have been reported during a police raid on Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities

The Independent UK

Man kidnapped and held for £30,000 ransom after hiring two sex workers while on holiday

Rio de Janeiro authorities are still searching for two further men linked to the kidnapping, including one individual who was spotted in the lobby of the holiday rental in Brazil

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Commentary: Failing to act on climate change is robbing future generations of choices

Things could have been so different. In June 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro created the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, launching the formal international mission to bring global warming emissions under control and reduce humanity’s negative impacts on our…

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Glasgow weather and heatwave update as city to get hotter than Rio de Janeiro

The sunnier weather in Scotland show no signs of slowing down. Temperatures in the coming days are set to exceed those in cities like in mainland Europe, South America and beyond.

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Photos: Kayla Harrison through the years

From winning Olympic gold to MMA, check out these photos highlighting Kaya Harrison's career through the years.

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro favela sets example by processing own waste

The low-income Enchanted Valley community just outside Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca Forest National Park has managed something no other favela has done: built its own biosystem to process its waste

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I was loveless before I ‘married’ a rag doll — and now we have a ‘baby’

Meirivone shared how she wanted to be a mother, and the newlywed couple spent their honeymoon in Rio De Janeiro, where she soon discovered that she was “pregnant” with Marcelo’s baby

AFP

Brazil's Petrobras board approves Bolsonaro choice as president

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The board of directors at Brazilian oil giant Petrobras on Monday approved President Jair Bolsonaro's pick to be the state-controlled company's chief.

Daily Mirror

Woman's face left unrecognisable after allergic reaction to seafood sparks A&E trip

Amanda Nicandio, 22, went viral on social media after she ate prawns at a bar on Copacabana Beach on a trip to Rio de Janeiro

The Independent UK

Family, friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest

Reuters

Family bids farewell to British journalist murdered in the Amazon

The family of Dom Phillips on Sunday bid farewell to the British journalist, who was killed earlier this month along with Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon.

AAP

Sally Fitzgibbons ready to shine in Brazil

Australian Sally Fitzgibbons will be aiming to win her fourth Rio Pro when she competes at the WSL event in Rio de Janeiro.

AFP

Police confirm ID of Brazilian guide in Amazon double killing

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday.

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