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Ecuador banned Amazon oil. Brazil wants to drill
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO: The timing spoke volumes: just as Ecuador announced its historic decision to halt oil drilling in a sensitive Amazon rainforest reserve, Brazil trumpeted its massive fossil-fuel investment plans — which include oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon river.
Which is longer, Amazon or Nile? New quest aims to settle old debate
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.
In breakthrough, surgeon builds windpipes from arteries
AFP, Published on 21/05/2018
» PARIS: Where others failed, sometimes spectacularly, French surgeon Emmanuel Martinod has helped people whose windpipes have been ravaged by cancer and other diseases to live and breathe normally again.