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The World Health Organization’s top doctor has traveled to the Ebola hot zone to help bring the unfolding crisis under control as suspected cases of the especially deadly strain of the disease top 1,100. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Meanwhile, authorities in Brazil were looking … Read more
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 Sikkema, a U.S. … Read more
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