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UK court case launched over Brazil Iron mine project in Bahia
Brazil Iron calls itself a sustainable mining company. Local residents call its project a disaster.
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US Senate passes bill that could see TikTok banned
The app's owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US.
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Congress clears $95bn aid package for Ukraine and Israel
President Biden is expected to sign the package, which includes a potential TikTok ban, into law.
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UNRWA: Restart aid to Palestinian UN agency, EU urges
Countries including the US and UK are still withholding funds over Israel's claims against UNRWA.
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Newspaper headlines: Arms industry on 'war footing' and Channel tragedy
Rishi Sunak's defence spending pledge and the deaths of people on a migrant boat lead the papers.
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Disgraced coal CEO lost races as GOP and third party candidate. He's trying again as a Democrat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Don Blankenship hasn't had much success running for office. He ran for the Senate as a Republican in 2018 and sought the White House in 2020 as a third party candidate. He lost badly both times but is on the ballot again in 2024, this time as a Democrat seeking the Senate seat being vacated by Joe Manchin. Blankenship has plenty of baggage heading into the May 14 Democratic primary. Beyond his history of political losses, he's perhaps best known in this coal-producing st
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Villagers in Mexico organize to take back their water as drought, avocados dry up lakes and rivers
VILLA MADERO, Mexico (AP) — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. Rivers and even whole lakes are disappearing in the once green and lush state of Michoacan, as the drought combines with a surge in the use of water for the country’s lucrative export crops, lead by avocados. In recent days, subsistence farmers and ac
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