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Aug 23, 2024
Porto Velho [Brazil], August 23: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city. "We are struggling to breathe," said 30-year-old teacher Tayane Moraes, one of some 460,000 people who live in the city near the border with Bolivia.
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Netherlands faces "asylum crisis," says cabinet minister
The Hague [Netherlands], August 22: Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber on Wednesday described the asylum situation in the Netherlands as a "crisis," with...
Australia to produce long-range missiles in partnership with Norway's Kongsberg
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Traffic fatalities surge 20 pct in Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia], August 22: Traffic fatalities in Bolivia surged by 20 percent to 732 in the first half of this year from a year...
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Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 22: Workers from the Association of State Workers (ATE) launched a "national day of struggle" on Wednesday to protest austerity measures...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops not to leave Gaza-Egypt border
Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Wednesday that he has agreed to withdraw military forces from the Gaza-Egypt border as part of a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to a statement from his office.
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