Dramatic new images have shown fires in vast areas of the Brazilian Amazon nearly a year after fires across the region sparked an international crisis for President Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government. The video footage and photos were filmed during a Greenpeace flight over a wide area of forest in the …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. The “Black Death” returned to Colorado after an infected squirrel transmitted bubonic plague to a human in the state for the first time in five years. It occurs when health …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A video showing a sprawling military-style convoy of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels circulated on social media on Friday just as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited the heart of the group. FILE PHOTO: The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, holds a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson was unable to secure the release of US citizens detained in Venezuela during his visit to the country, his foundation said in a statement Thursday night. FILE PHOTO: US diplomatic troubleshooter Bill Richardson speaks to the media upon arrival at Beijing Airport …
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(Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) The results beat Wall Street estimates on Friday, aided by investors who turned to the world’s largest asset manager’s bond funds in the second quarter, as global financial markets rebounded strongly from a brutal liquidation triggered by COVID in March. FILE PHOTO: People are seen …
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