RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A bus carrying Rio Olympics journalists came under attack Tuesday and police were investigating whether bullets were fired from the notorious City of God favela. Rio 2016 organisers said two journalists suffered slight injuries in the attack, which set off a new Olympic jitters four days after a bullet hit a Games media centre. Journalists in the bus hurled themselves to the floor after two windows were blown out. […]
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President Duterte congratulates Filipina silver medalist
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated Filipina silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz in weight-lifting. Diaz is the first Mindanaoan and the first Filipino non-boxing athlete to win a medal in the Olympics since 1936. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Rio 2016 launches 13 official posters, where most Olympics have only one
RIO De Janeiro, Brazil (Reuters) — Rio 2016 launched on Tuesday (July 12) the 13 official posters aimed at representing the diversity of Latin America’s largest nation, where most Olympic Games have only one. The posters were unveiled at a scenic exhibition at the new Museum of Tomorrow jutting out over the Guanabara Bay as a centrepiece of the recently renovated port area and Maua Square. The collection was created by 12 Brazilian artists and […]





