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In Brazil, the EU's deforestation law has many skeptics
The new EU law to ban imports of products that drive deforestation has been cheered by people across the continent but on the other side of the Atlantic, fears are growing it will disproportionately impact small farmers and lead to deforestation in less protected areas.
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Watch: NYC transport disrupted after 127-year-old water main bursts
Watch: Workers clear up after a 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station as well as leaving a big hole at the intersection of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue.
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Hurricane Idalia's landfall brings 'life-threatening' storm surges
Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis provided on Wednesday morning the most recent update regarding Hurricane Idalia, which had initially intensified to a Category 4 hurricane but has subsequently been downgraded to a Category 3 storm.
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US: White man fatally shoots three Black people at Florida store
The attack on a shopping centre in a predominately Black neighbourhood is expected to evoke fears of past shootings targeting Black Americans. Ten people were killed by a white gunman in Buffalo, New York, in 2022 while nine people were slain at a Methodist church in South Carolina in 2015
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Thousands gather in US capitol for March on Washington 60th anniversary
To mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, thousands converged on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. They said the US has yet to fulfil Martin Luther King's dream as the country remains fractured by racial inequality
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Space X flies four new astronauts to the International Space Station
Four astronauts from four countries are currently rocketing toward the International Space Station. They are expected to reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule on Sunday, replacing four astronauts who have lived there since March.