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Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires

Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:06 Last update: about 8 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...

Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don't make it worse

Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse. Sharp...

Pope, urging prayers, says Amazon forest vital for our Earth

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 18:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis said Sunday that the Amazon forest is vital for our Earth and is urging prayers that fires there are quickly controlled. Francis added his voice to the chorus of international...

Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international...

Married only minutes, Texas newlyweds killed in crash

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Harley Morgan was still wearing his dark suit and Rhiannon Boudreaux her wedding dress when the Texas "childhood sweethearts" were killed in a crash with a truck minutes after they were...

Economic storm clouds hovering over Trump and global leaders

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the...

Strip down, saddle up: Naked bikers hit Philadelphia streets

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 06:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Hundreds of cyclists have been caught with their pants down — and their shirts and underwear off, too. The cyclists gathered in a Philadelphia park on Saturday to disrobe before saddling up...

Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping

Saturday, 24 August 2019, 16:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking...

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