Usually, you would expect passengers to bail out of a stricken aeroplane, but in this case, the plane had its own parachute which saved the lives of everyone onboard.
A fisherman survived 11 days out at sea, without food and water, thanks to a floating freezer.
Families and friends touring the Furnas lake in Brazil can be heard screaming as a portion of the rocky canyon wall toppled onto two of the boats in the water below.
A small Brazilian city mayor challenged an ex-councilman that was giving him some flack to a full-on mixed martial arts (MMA) brawl on Sunday.
The spiralling bank heist situation in Brazil is being referred to as the “Novo Cangaço” (“New Struggle”) with the degree of violence approaching a “Mad Max level”.
A gang of heavily armed bank robbers burnt cars and strapped hostages to their getaway vehicles after a violent raid in the Brazilian city of Araçatuba.
History is littered with examples of wax statues gone wrong, and Arlindo Armacollo’s creations are some of the worst out there.
Mysterious lights appeared in the sky over the municipality of Magé in Brazil last week, sparking panic and conspiracy theories.
You want potential tourists to your city to see positive, glowing reviews from those who visit. This didn’t deliver on that front.
As Rio de Janeiro’s evangelical mayor battled to ban a Marvel Avengers comic showing two male characters kissing, the media clapped back.
When visiting hours ended at a prison in Brazil, guards spotted a rather odd-looking young woman heading for the exit.
The Women’s Danger Index ranks the world’s most dangerous countries for women travellers, and it’s not great news for us down south.
Brazilian president’s plane had 39kg of coke. New Boeing 737 fault found. Student arrested in NKorea. Krejcír threatens escape. Male birth control tested. Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles. Imran Tahir memes. Kim K offends Japan.
Wallace Souza went from cop to popular TV host, and then to the kind of guy who would do whatever it took to keep his ratings on the rise.
A man visiting family in Brazil was “stunned and scared” when he saw what appeared to be spiders raining down from the sky.
Brazilian plastic surgeon Dr Denis Furtado, aka ‘Dr Bumbum’, is on the run after a patient died following a buttocks enlargement procedure gone wrong.
Jair Bolsonaro has been described as “the world’s most repulsive politician”, which takes some doing. Turns out he’s using the Trump playbook.
This story explains why more and more movies start with the words ‘Based on a true story’ – because real life makes movie-land fairly trivial.
Knowing where your coffee bean comes from is more important to some than others – but this is why you really should care.
Usain Bolt has no shame when it comes to openly making out with girls at nightclubs, but that was just the tip of the iceberg.
The Rio Olympics are just around the corner, and the build up to the big event has been anything but smooth. As some protesters put it, ‘welcome to hell’.
There’s nothing like relaxing with a couple of friends over a bottle or two of wine. Just how do our expressions change as we sip on the good stuff though?
It seems the threat of journalists is real in South America as contracted gunmen are shooting controversial radio journos dead.
It seems some guy on the other side of the world has taken quite a keen interest in South Africa’s white folk. His online petition is gaining momentum.
Whilst watching this video will make you smile at the visible delight this lion shows, he shouldn’t have had to have this happen in the first place.
It’s true, you haven’t read the headline incorrectly. It looks like this gent has taken his appreciation of his four-wheeled friend a little too far.
It’s safe to say that many of us reading this article will never be in the situation this woman found herself in, so thank your lucky stars, ok?
Gisele Bundchen bowed out of the catwalk game recently, treating us to this magazine cover to soften the blow. Congrats on 20 years of very fine service.
Congratulations on spending your entire life in the pursuit of athletic excellence – now get ready to compete in amongst Rio’s sewerage waste.
We have been longing for the day a beauty queen breaks from her insincere smiling and clapping of the winner and loses her shit. That day has come.