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Brazil slams G7 aid offer as Amazon fires rage 27 Aug 2019 - 08:56 am

Brasília: Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel...

Two children dead in Ohio, several injured after stolen police car crashes 27 Aug 2019 - 08:40 am

Two children were killed and at least 10 people injured, including other children, on Monday in a multi-vehicle crash involving a stolen police...

India central bank unveils $24 bn windfall for government 27 Aug 2019 - 08:11 am

New Delhi: India's central bank has announced a $24-billion windfall for the cash-strapped government, giving a much-needed boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry 27 Aug 2019 - 12:16 am

Kinshasa: In NASA satellite images, forest fires in central Africa appear to burn alarmingly like a red chain from Gabon to Angola similar...

Mexico lacks basic data on hundreds of trafficking victims: government watchdog 26 Aug 2019 - 10:37 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities do not know the nationality of hundreds of identified foreign trafficking victims, according to a government watchdog, raising fears...

How Cuba taught Venezuela to quash military dissent 26 Aug 2019 - 10:23 pm

CARACAS: In December 2007, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez suffered his first defeat at the polls. Although still wildly popular among the working class that...

Brazil's former environment head calls raging wildfires 'crime against humanity' 26 Aug 2019 - 10:23 pm

BOGOTA: Former Brazilian environment minister and presidential candidate Marina Silva on Thursday called wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest a "crime against humanity"...

Kremlin hints Putin, Erdogan May discuss new arms deals at talks 26 Aug 2019 - 10:02 pm

The Kremlin hinted at possible talks over new arms deals between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan when the...

Amnesty demands justice for Cameroon victims at soldiers' murder trial 26 Aug 2019 - 09:05 pm

Yaoundé: Amnesty International on Monday called for justice for women and children killed in northern Cameroon as seven soldiers go on trial over...

Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floods 26 Aug 2019 - 08:01 pm

Wad Ramli, Sudan: Days after a devastating flood swallowed up his village, Alsediq Abdelqader bulled his truck through the waters in a desperate...

Trump says having Russia at G-7 is better than having it ‘outside’ 26 Aug 2019 - 06:47 pm

President Donald Trump said he wants to invite Russia’s Vladimir Putin to next year’s Group of Seven summit because having the country "in...

Mexico president says "doing well" on migration ahead of U.S. deadline 26 Aug 2019 - 05:39 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's president said on Monday his country was "doing well" in addressing U.S. demands to contain illegal immigration and that Mexican...

Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon 26 Aug 2019 - 05:16 pm

BEIRUT: Israeli drones bombed a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday amid rising tensions in the Middle...

Indonesia to move capital from sinking Jakarta to Borneo 26 Aug 2019 - 05:01 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia's president announced Monday that the country's capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a site in sparsely...

Lebanon's Aoun says Israeli drone strikes like a declaration or war 26 Aug 2019 - 04:49 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Monday his country had a right to defend itself after Israeli drone strikes that were like...

Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires 26 Aug 2019 - 03:52 pm

PORTO VELHO, Brazil: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country's 1964-1985...