The spring equinox marks the first day of spring today, but daylight actually lasts several minutes longer than night. Here's ...

This week, we finally see the end of Winter, as the Vernal Equinox arrives to kick off the new season of Spring for this year ...

The Mini Transat is a bi-annual, solo transatlantic sailing race, and provides a proving ground for the latest design ideas ...

“I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent” have brought Brazil’s exuberant online fan culture to the Academy Awards. But there’s something different about Brazil: a nationwide Oscars fever that is ...

Prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro requested the preventive detention of Agostina Páez, the Argentine lawyer accused of making racial slurs while vacationing in Brazil. A judge approved the request, and ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had a rough go of things at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend. Making her first appearance at Europe’s preeminent security summit since being elected ...

WASHINGTON — Far-left New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being widely mocked for erroneously claiming that Venezuela is “below the equator” while trying to show off her foreign-policy ...

With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another reason to celebrate — an Olympic medal. It was the first-ever medal at the ...

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen swiped away the competition with a powerful final run in the Olympic giant slalom on Saturday, winning gold and earning South America's first-ever medal at ...

A Brazilian skier secured South America’s maiden medal at a Winter Games the day after a Kazakh figure skater won his nation’s first winter gold in 32 years. By Patricia Mazzei and Tariq Panja ...