Rio de Janeiro

A fire erupted at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park velodrome on Wednesday morning, prompting a major emergency response. The blaze was contained to the roof, with no injuries reported and the interior largely unaffected.

A Brazilian police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas on Wednesday killed seven presumed drug traffickers, including gang chief Claúdio Augusto dos Santos, and a local resident caught in crossfire, sparking retaliatory attacks that included a bus burning.

Neymar is facing a lawsuit from his personal chef, who alleges she was overworked and suffered injuries while employed at his residence in Rio de Janeiro. The chef filed the case at the Regional Labor Court of the 1st Region.