Brasilia wildfire rages across national park, threatening protected environments
• Sep 17, 2024, 3:14 AM
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Wildfires engulfed the conservation area of Brasilia National Park on Monday and smothered the capital in smoke as the country grapples with a historic drought. The fire was reported to be human-caused, according to the government agency that manages the park, and appears to have started near the edge of a farm.
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Taiwan questions two in probe into Lebanon pager attack
• 7:27 AM
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Taiwan said on Friday that hundreds of pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday were not made in Taiwan after prosecutors prosecutors questioned two people associated with Gold Apollo, the Taiwanese company that produced the communication devices.
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‘I was convinced it was a game': Defendants begin testifying at Pelicot rape trial gripping France
• 7:16 AM
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The trial of 51 men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot began in earnest on Thursday as the first defendants took the stand. Their testimony included expressions of regret along with more ambiguous statements regarding their awareness of their victim’s vulner
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🔴Live: Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts
• 6:10 AM
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Israel carried out intense air strikes in southern Lebanon late on Thursday as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed revenge for two rounds of deadly attacks targeting pagers and two-way radios used by the group. Read FRANCE 24's liveblog for all the la
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Trump ally refuses to leave governor's race after 'Black Nazi' comments emerge on porn site
• 5:53 AM
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A Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has rejected calls to drop out of the race after a report that he made controversial comments about slavery and called himself a 'Black Nazi' on a porn website more than a decade ago.
Trump ally refu
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Two missing, 1000 evacuated as Storm Boris brings flooding to northern Italy
• 2:04 AM
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Two people are missing and some 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding and landslides hit the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The mayor of the city of Ravenna described the situation as a "full emergency".
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