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The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation....

GUAJARA-MIRIM, BRAZIL (AP) — On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while men embark in small canoes on hunting and fishing expeditions. At day’s end, it’s the children’s turn to dive into its tea-colored...

Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years....

A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021 by Indonesian security forces on a remote West Papuan village close to the Papua New Guinea border as part of an ongoing crackdown against growing calls for independence....

Astronomers have discovered that free-floating planets, which are not bound to a host star, are much more abundant than planets in orbit. These solitary planets are believed to form within the gas and dust disks around young stars, similar to other planets. However, instead of staying in their star system, they are forcefully...

The Union Home Ministry has sent 10 more companies of the paramilitary forces—CRPF, BSF, ITBP and SSB—to Manipur amid fresh bout of violence in the northeast state. According to reports, around 900 security personnel arrived in Imphal on Saturday night and are being deployed in several districts....

In Brazil’s Para region, more than 800 Indigenous families could be forced to relocate as a Canadian mining company prepares to build a massive open-pit gold mine, activists warn....

Sierra Leonean police have arrested several individuals, including senior military personnel, who were allegedly planning violent attacks. This development comes one year after the deadly riots that occurred on August 10 last year, which resulted in the death of over 30 people.

The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department has detained 425 foreign nationals for various offences in a raid at three different flats in Taman Connaught, Cheras....

Ongoing construction at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) near Mexico City has led to the discovery of an ancient flamingo fossil egg, believed to be from the Pleistocene Epoch....

Two civilians including a teenage boy were killed and three wounded when junta forces bombarded territory controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) in Bago Region on Wednesday and Thursday....

While this isn't cover news, in the spirit of the sub, I'd like submit the work of Douglas Dixon, who wrote several books, including the bestiary After Man in 1981, about how the animal world would evolve after the end of human civilization. The link above goes to the fandom version of his bestiary.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the month since 2017, preliminary government figures showed on Thursday, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's stature on environmental policy ahead of a summit of rainforest nations.

On Thursday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in New Alamin City.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has indicated that his government may send troops to Haiti amid ongoing turmoil in the French-speaking nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Browne, who was responding to a Gleaner query on Thursday about whether the eastern Caribbean island would be putting boots on the ground,...

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What happens when India bans exports of a food staple that is essential to the diets of billions around the world?...

Somalia has suspended a sports official for nepotism after a novice sprinter was allowed to compete in an international sports competition....

The Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnership of DR Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, expressed in an exclusive interview with teleSUR his confidence that the African country and Venezuela will deepen and develop their relations....

Every year, Antarctic sea ice shrinks to its lowest levels towards the end of February, during the continent’s summer. The sea ice then builds back up over the winter. But this year scientists have observed something different....

Wild tiger numbers in Bhutan have risen from 103 tigers in the country’s first tiger survey in 2015 to 131 individuals in a recent survey....

Togo is facing high rates of infant and neonatal mortality, as well as maternal mortality, according to UNICEF. The country has an infant mortality rate of 43 deaths per 1000 live births and a neonatal mortality rate of 24 deaths per 1000 live births. To address this critical issue, Amnesty International is urging the Togolese...

Eight people have died of dengue in West Bengal while 4,401 people have been infected till July 26, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, expressing concern over the situation.

The proposed new constitution would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to seek a third term that would last seven years. It would also reset the counter on his existing term, which he is two years into....

The Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) has warned that the nation needs to prepare itself to face more children being in conflict with the law....