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Brazil environment minister vows results on deforestation
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» BRASíLIA - Fending off accusations of using his post to dismantle protections of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environment minister promised Wednesday in an interview to deliver results on slowing deforestation by the end of the year.
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Porn video interrupts US court hearing for accused Twitter hacker
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» MIAMI - A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a stunning hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn, a newspaper reported.
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Jakobsen in coma after Tour of Poland crash branded 'criminal act'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» KATOWICE (POLAND) - Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen was in a coma, fighting for his life on Wednesday after he was thrown into and over a barrier at 80km/h in a sickening conclusion to the opening stage of the Tour of Poland.
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NBA team owners commit $300 million to black empowerment
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» NEW YORK - NBA team owners will contribute $300 million over the next decade to establish a charitable foundation dedicated to economic empowerment in the black community, the league announced Wednesday.
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'State, what state?' Lebanese together in solidarity and rage
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» BEIRUT - In Beirut's beloved bar districts, hundreds of young Lebanese ditched beers for brooms on Wednesday to sweep debris in the absence of a state-sponsored cleanup operation following a deadly blast.
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Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» SAO PAULO - Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response.
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TikTok grab could extend -- or undermine -- US online dominance
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - A tie-up of TikTok with Microsoft could extend American dominance of the online and social media world. But it may have some unintended, negative consequences too for US firms and the open internet.
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Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» MONTEVIDEO - The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have already seen their homelands ravaged by illegal deforestation, industrial farming, mining, oil exploration and unlawful occupation of their ancestral territories.
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Dinosaurs got cancer too, say scientists
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» OTTAWA - Dinosaurs loom in the imagination as forces of nature, but a new study that identifies the first known case of cancer in the creatures shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too.
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Vorayuth warrant still in place
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/08/2020
» The arrest warrant for Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya has yet to be revoked as previously requested by the police, Vicha Mahakun, who heads the independent panel examining the 2012 hit-and-run case confirmed on Wednesday.
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