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G7 to help nations hit by Amazon fires: Macron

9:16 pm August 25, 2019

Biarritz: World leaders at the G7 summit have agreed to help the countries affected by the huge wildfires ravaging the Amazon rainforest as soon as possible , French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday. “We are all agreed on helping those countries which have been hit by the fires as fast as possible,” he told journalists […]

Brazil military begins operations to fight Amazon fires

11:23 pm August 24, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO: Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will be available for “unprecedented” operations to put out the fires, and forces are heading to four […]

Macron spearheads pressure on Bolsonaro over Amazon fires

11:42 pm August 23, 2019

Paris: France’s Emmanuel Macron led a growing wave of international pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest Friday, telling him Paris would block efforts to seal a major trade deal. With global leaders gearing up for the G7 summit, which opens Saturday in the western French resort of […]

Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects COVID-19 shot, calls masks taboo

Bolsonaro mulls deploying army to combat Amazon fires

11:35 pm August 23, 2019

Brasilia: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he is considering deploying the army to help combat fires in the Amazon rainforest, amid growing international pressure over the wildfires. The fires raging in parts of the world’s largest rainforest have sparked protests around the world, ignited a war of words between Bolsonaro and his French counterpart […]

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’

8:53 pm August 23, 2019

Salvador: Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil’s right-wing president accused his French counterpart of having a “colonialist mentality” over the issue. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year — the highest number […]