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The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

Mar. 26, 2024 23:19 PM EDT

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...

You might spot a mountain lion in California, but attacks like the one that killed a man are rare

Mar. 26, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If hikers, bikers, campers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts haven't encountered a mountain lion while in the California wilderness, they might know somebody who has. The big cats that can weigh more than 150 pounds (68 kg) live in diverse habitats across...

How EU deforestation laws are reordering the world of coffee

Mar. 25, 2024 22:06 PM EDT

BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam (AP) — Le Van Tam is no stranger to how the vagaries of global trade can determine the fortunes of small coffee farmers like him. He first planted coffee in a patch of land outside Buon Ma Thuot city in Vietnam's Central Highland region in 1995. For years,...

More than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity

Mar. 25, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity arrived Monday in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African...

Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?

Mar. 25, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup? If a university in the southern part of the state has its way, the sticky sweet brown stuff you put on your pancakes might one day...

Over 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's northwest are rescued after weeks in captivity

Mar. 24, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation’s military and government...

80th anniversary of the 'Great Escape' from Nazi German POW camp marked in Poland

Mar. 24, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Observances were held in Poland on Sunday to mark the 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an ingenious act of defiance during World War II in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German prisoner-of-war camp into a snowy forest. British soldiers...

In Uganda, bamboo has government's backing as a crop with real growth potential

Mar. 23, 2024 23:05 PM EDT

ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Along a stretch of bush by a muddy river, laborers dug and slashed in search of bamboo plants buried under dense grass. Here and there a few plants had sprouted tall, but most of the bamboo seedlings planted more than a year ago never grew. Now,...

Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine. Why does it keep getting targeted?

Mar. 20, 2024 13:15 PM EDT

Russia’s Belgorod region has come under increasing Ukrainian attacks this month as the invasion by Moscow grinds into its third year. A look at the region and its role in the war: WHAT IS THE BELGOROD REGION? The region of forests, farmland and rolling...

Nottingham Forest docked 4 points for overspending and drops into EPL relegation zone

Mar. 18, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

Nottingham Forest was deducted four points on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League relegation zone with nine games remaining. Forest was found to have breached the league profitability and sustainability regulations, which typically allow clubs to lose a...