In Brazil, nine people were killed in two separate shootings, including three doctors targeted by assailants at a popular beach bar in Rio de Janeiro. The doctors came from São Paulo to attend a medical conference. Another physician got injured and is in the hospital. Police suspect the attackers confused a doctor for a local […]
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