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Musk's X pays millions in Brazil fines... to wrong account 05 Oct 2024 - 10:01 am
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Biden says 'not confident' of peaceful US election 05 Oct 2024 - 12:15 am
US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years 04 Oct 2024 - 11:06 pm
Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Relief in Brazil, Asia over delay to EU deforestation rules 03 Oct 2024 - 07:58 pm
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Harris and Biden head to the Southeast for firsthand looks at damage from Helene 02 Oct 2024 - 11:38 pm
Marine One, carrying US President Joe Biden flies above a storm impacted area near Asheville, North Carolina, on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Fires taking Amazon closer to 'point of no return': expert 02 Oct 2024 - 08:25 pm
Aerial view of a riverbank dweller carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Solar eclipse to create rare 'ring of fire' over South America 02 Oct 2024 - 03:56 pm
A bird is photographed flying at dawn with the sun in the background in Buenos Aires, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
More than 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half of them children: UN 02 Oct 2024 - 03:00 pm
A child yawns while sitting next to food aid to be distributed in a displaced persons camp at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first woman president 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm
Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wave to the attendees during the inauguration ceremony at the Congress of the Union in Mexico City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella/ AFP)
Assange says 'pleaded guilty to journalism' to gain freedom 01 Oct 2024 - 11:49 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, next to his wife Stella Assange, speaks during a parliamentary hearing at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin / AFP)
US East Coast dockworkers strike halts half ocean shipping 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 am
Cranes used for shipping containers rise from the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
100 deaths put Hurricane Helene at US election center stage 30 Sep 2024 - 10:18 pm
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to the press in the aftermath of powerful storm Helene at Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, September 30, 2024. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)
Mexico president gives 1,438th - and last - edition of 'AMLO Show' 30 Sep 2024 - 09:23 pm
Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers breakfast to journalists in attendance after delivering his last daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 30, 2024.  (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond 30 Sep 2024 - 08:44 pm
People walk with their hands over their faces to protect themselves from the stench of decomposing bodies as they pass the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 4, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Seven killed in Ecuador's latest massacre 30 Sep 2024 - 08:02 pm
View of the site were seven people were killed the day before in Samborondon, Ecuador, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Gerardo MENOSCAL / AFP)
NY Times endorses Harris as 'only patriotic choice' for president 30 Sep 2024 - 06:48 pm
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris (L), poses for photos with supporters after speaking during a campaign rally at the Expo at World Market Center on September 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US stocks mostly down ahead of Powell speech 30 Sep 2024 - 06:14 pm
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Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air 30 Sep 2024 - 02:44 pm
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