The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer was convicted Friday of hiring a hitman to kill him in Brazil. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Daniel Sikkema, 55, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Brent Sikkema, 75, was found stabbed … Read more
NEW YORK — The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer was convicted Friday of hiring a hitman to kill him in Brazil. Daniel Sikkema, 55, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Brent Sikkema, 75, was found stabbed to death in his Rio de Janeiro townhouse in January 2024. Daniel … Read more
A school shooting Tuesday in Acre state in northern Brazil left two women dead and two others injured, including an underage student, authorities said. The state government said in a statement that a 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, the state capital. The two … Read more
Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Schmidt, known in Brazil as “Mão Santa” (Holy Hand), died Friday at the age of 68. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. His family shared that Schmidt had been battling a brain tumor for more than 15 years. In a statement, … Read more
Brazilian police seized a record 48 tons of marijuana in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, uncovered by chance by a sniffer dog during a regular operation against criminal factions. During the operation in the Complexo da Mare, a large complex of favelas in the north of the city, a dog named Hulk indicated there … Read more