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Respiratory ailments rise in Brazil as Amazon fires rage

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 07:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Lingering smoke in the Amazon caused concern Tuesday among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — have increased as fires in the...

Humanitarian search flights grounded by Italy

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 07:49 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Two humanitarian groups that have been flying missions over the central Mediterranean in search of smugglers' boats packed with migrants in need of rescue and to monitor possible human rights...

Updated: UN says 40 migrants feared drowned in capsizing off Libya

Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 19:33 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with at least 40 people missing and presumed drowned, U.N. officials said, as a support group...

Person at Munich airport detained after bypassing security

Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 18:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Police at Munich airport detained a passenger who left a terminal via an emergency exit instead of going through passport control, prompting a temporary partial shutdown of one of Germany's busiest...

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 08:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the...

Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires

Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country's 1964-1985 dictatorship. Yet nothing has rallied more...

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