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Chinese basketball athletes get stuck in shooting near Olympic Village

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Journalists and Chinese athletes stayed stuck among a shooting on the morning of Thursday, as they passed by the Yellow Line, two kilometers from the Tom Jobim International Airport. Four armed men shot at a military police vehicle. According to information from the 21th Police Department (in the Bonsucesso neighborhood), one of the shots hit the bus door, but no one was injured. Through Twitter, the portal " Global Times " published photos that were taken at the time of exchange of fire. Street vendors selling goods on the road lay on the ground to try to protect the shots. Journalists and athletes were heading to the village of Athletes in separate buses. The Civil Police reported that there's no reference in the record of casualties or involvement of Olympic delegation.

Family is chased and beaten up by taxi drivers after being confused with Uber

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A family was chased and beaten by taxi drivers on the night of May 31 in Brasilia, after being mistaken for Uber drivers. The episode occurred when four brothers landed in the Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport and followed by car to Ceilândia, a nearby city. The Civil Police investigates the case. According to one of the victims, a taxi driver closed his car and after the collision, pretended he would "solve" the situation. The family was surrounded and attacked, despite the protests that were not Uber drivers. "When we pulled up, more than 50 taxi drivers have arrived at the car, breaking the car glass, knocking on people, and shouting, 'Kill that is Uber, death to the Uber', then I talked about: 'We are a family, we are coming trip, don't, don't', said one of the victims. Sticker says "I'm not a Uber driver" The case was registered at the 10th Police Station and one of the attackers recognized by ph...

Teacher uses lingerie during protest in front of the City Department of Education

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Jessica Lopes wore a leopard-print lingerie while she burned her dress in front of the Secretary of Education of São Paulo, in downtown. Among the people who walked on the street, the model took off his clothes and left the clothes catch fire while posed for a photographer and pointed the finger to the building. She was protesting because of his resignation a few months ago, when a large number of teachers were laid off to reduce costs in the Department of Education .. Jessica is a friend of Andressa Urach and became known as the "Naked Woman of Congonhas" due she change clothes with the open car door, in the airport parking lot.

Products in Brazilian airports are more expensive than in street stores

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In Brazilian airports you should forget the concept of "free shops" where you could find many products at popular prices. Everything here is more expensive, starting by a hot dog that costs $6 and reaching a mobile phone charger that costs almost the half price of the device itself that it reloads. A good example is at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, where a small bottle of Budweiser can cost 3x the value of the same bottle in a supermarket. A simple cup of coffee at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, can cost more expensive than a "cappuccino" at Starbucks.