People in Brazil’s Amazon are choking on smoke and feeling the heat from rainforest wildfires
MANAUS, Brazil (news agencies) — Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Wednesday was causing people in the region to ...
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WHO Europe laments declining rates of condom use among sexually active teens worldwide
GENEVA (news agencies) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by ...
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Rio de Janeiro police have a new target in their crosshairs: hard-to-get stuffed animals
RIO DE JANEIRO (news agencies) — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and ...
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An Israeli freed from Gaza returns to a Bedouin village targeted for demolition
KARKUR, Israel (news agencies) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter ...
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Paris to inaugurate Paralympic Games with ‘never seen before’ opening ceremony in city’s heart
PARIS (news agencies) — Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, the summer of sports in Paris begins its final chapter ...
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Ecuador’s citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn’t happened
BOGOTA, Colombia (news agencies) — It’s been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in ...
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K-pop singer Taeil leaves boyband NCT over accusation of an unspecified sexual crime, his label says
SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — South Korean singer Taeil has left K-pop band NCT after being accused of an ...
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A Russian missile strikes a Ukrainian city already in mourning for deaths in an earlier attack
KYIV, Ukraine (news agencies) — A Russian missile slammed into Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday, local authorities said, just as Ukrainian ...
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Takeaways from AP’s report on clergy abuse scandal in East Timor ahead of Pope Francis’ visit
DILI, East Timor (news agencies) — When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia’s newest country, East Timor, it will ...
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Ukraine first lady wants country’s kids to see themselves as ‘generation of winners’ not war victims
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (news agencies) — Ukraine’s first lady wants her country’s children to view themselves not as a generation enduring ...
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