French court acquits Air France, Airbus over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
Paris, France | AFP | Monday 4/17/2023 by Anne LEC'HVIEN Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus were acquitted Monday over…
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Brazil
Lula says US should stop ‘encouraging’ war in Ukraine
Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the United States…
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Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool
by Anderson COELHO Agence France-Presse BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP) -- A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and…
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Brazil police raid leaves 13 dead in favela near Rio: media
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A police raid on a favela near Rio de Janeiro Thursday left at least…
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Brazil’s Lula irks foreign oil companies with new tax
by Marcelo SILVA DE SOUSA Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has not…
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Scientists make ‘disturbing’ find on remote island: plastic rocks
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- There are few places on Earth as isolated…
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Northeast Brazil sees more fierce gang violence
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a…
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Frantic search for dozens missing in Brazil floods
by Luján Scarpinelli Agence France-Presse SÃO SEBASTIÃO, Brazil (AFP) -- Rescuers in southeastern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to find survivors among…
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Lula visits disaster zone after Brazil floods kill 36
by Luján Scarpinelli Agence France-Presse SÃO SEBASTIÃO, Brazil (AFP) -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday toured a…
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Brazil flooding, landslides kill at least 24
by Luján Scarpinelli Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Brazil claimed…
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One third of Amazon ‘degraded’ by human activity, drought: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity…
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Brazil’s Lula in Argentina to ‘rebuild bridges’ in first foreign trip
by Mauricio RABUFFETTI Agence France-Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday started…
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