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Brazil's Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Wednesday with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people, who asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its Indigenous peoples. Davi Kopenawa, a...
Brazil's federal police arrest 2 fugitives from maximum-security prison after 50-day manhunt
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Thursday that they arrested two fugitives who escaped a maximum-security prison in northeastern Brazil, bringing a 50-day manhunt to an end. Authorities also detained 14 people for helping the inmates since their getaway. In February,...
France's Macron embraces Brazil's Lula — and the memes poking fun at their 'wedding'
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Brazil that ended Thursday left him swooning. Pictures showed him and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ambling through the Amazon and posing beneath the soaring...
The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. The two countries' governments said in a joint statement the money will be...
A Brazilian state in the Amazon has been hit with more than 2,000 fires in February
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian state of Roraima in the Amazon rainforest has been hit with more than 2,000 fires in February, according to data released Thursday by the state space agency. The National Institute for Space Research, known by its Portuguese acronym INPE, said...
Some doorbell cameras sold on Amazon and other online sites have major security flaws, report says
NEW YORK (AP) — Some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely, according to an investigation published Thursday by Consumer Reports. Researchers from the...
Major Amazon merchant aggregator Thrasio files for bankruptcy as it looks to cut debt
NEW YORK (AP) — A major third-party seller on Amazon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New Jersey court on Wednesday. Walpole, Massachusetts-based Thrasio is asking the court to oversee a restructuring agreement with lenders, which will allow it to cut about $495...
Walmart to build or convert 150-plus stores in next 5 years. It hasn't opened new stores in 3 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Wednesday it plans to build or convert more than 150 stores in the next five years, while remodeling existing stores. The plan marks a big change for the discounter. In 2016, Walmart said it was slowing new store openings and instead investing in its...
Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, required deliveries of food and drinking water to hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins,...
