RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free ...

A tip-off leads police to a "human-trafficking ring" in a quiet suburb of the main city Johannesburg. The married couple were in an organised crime ring running a network of brothels, police say.

The technique is used to highlight key parts of a samba school’s lyrics. “I can say that the drum section really is an orchestra, it’s greater than an orchestra, because all the people there ...

The Mocidade Independente samba school, one of Rio’s most popular, has 240 drummers in its section. Based in the working-class Vila Vintem community, on the city’s west side, Mocidade is known for its ...