AMERICAS
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Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires
Concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy
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With reservoirs at risk, Sierra Leone capital confronts water crisis
Experts largely blamed the disaster on rapid urbanization driving residents to claim trees and land to build new homes
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Faced with floods and suicides, U.S. readies for a warmer world
Depression, anxiety, suicide, and post-traumatic stress disorder tend to increase after floods, storms, wildfires, and heatwaves
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Elderly in Hong Kong looking to China for affordable care in retirement
An increasing number of people are moving outside Hong Kong to mainland China for cheaper and better retirement options
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Amazon rainforest absorbing less carbon than expected
New study finds that insufficient nutrient supply has not been properly accounted for in ecosystem models
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UN asks for more help to deal with the Venezuelan refugee crisis
UNHCR estimates that 4.3 million Venezuelans have fled the economic and political instability in their country
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“Do not be afraid to govern”: Peruvian congressional leader confronts Vizcarra for electoral advance
72% of Peruvians support the proposal to advance the general elections announced by President Vizcarra
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Paraguay places Hezbollah and Hamas on the list of terrorist organizations
This in order to reinforce the task of terrorism prevention agencies and currency flow control systems
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In retrial, El Salvador acquits woman accused of killing her stillborn child
The case drew international attention to the socially conservative nation's strict abortion ban
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U.S. envoy offers farm visas to boost asylum deal with Guatemala
Jimmy Morales agreed to require U.S.-bound Hondurans and Salvadorans to seek refuge in Guatemala instead of proceeding north
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