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New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» PORTO VELHO (BRAZIL) - Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes.
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More fires flare up in Amazon as Brazil warplanes fight blazes
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» PORTO VELHO (BRAZIL) - Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes.
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G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to tackle the huge blazes engulfing many parts of the world's biggest rainforest, the presidents of France and Chile announced Monday.
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DR Congo unveils new government after months-long delay
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» KINSHASA - Nearly eight months after former opposition chief Felix Tshisekedi was elected president, the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday unveiled a coalition government dominated by supporters of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila.
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Signs of hope as Trump says trade talks back on
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» BIARRITZ, France: There were signs of a thaw in trade-war tensions between China and the US on Monday as President Donald Trump said delegations would "very shortly" resume talks and Beijing's top negotiator called for "calm".
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Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: report
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, Axios reported Sunday.
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HK police: Protester violence forced use of water cannon, warning shot
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Local police on Monday said they were forced to fire water cannon and a warning shot on Sunday to fend off "extremely violent" demonstrators, as months of pro-democracy protests veer deeper into violence.
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High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» ON A NASA DC3 ABOVE GREENLAND (GREENLAND) - Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland's coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them.
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Equities, yuan plunge as Trump escalates trade war with China
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Asian equity markets tanked and the yuan hit an 11-year low Monday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war with China by imposing more tariffs on more than half-a-trillion dollars worth of imports.
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Sudan's persecuted Christians eye long-sought freedom
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's Christians suffered decades of persecution under the regime of Islamist general Omar al-Bashir. Now they hope his downfall will give the religious freedom they have long prayed for.
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