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Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction

Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37Iq36u https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Roberts says it would be ‘inappropriate’ for him to act as a tie-breaker.

By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UfphtG

Giuliani Sought Help for Client in Meeting With Ukrainian Official

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By BY RONEN BERGMAN, ANTON TROIANOVSKI AND KENNETH P. VOGEL from NYT World https://ift.tt/3b0Qu9x

Watch Live: Senators Debate Impeachment Trial Amendments

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By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aZYp78

Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders for Not Working to Unite Democrats in 2016

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By BY SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RM2iF6

Plans for Alabama’s Deadly Prisons ‘Won’t Fix the Horrors’

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By BY KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aZLFgP

Brexit Has Arrived. But Boris Johnson’s Reign Is Just Beginning.

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By BY RICHARD SEYMOUR from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2RNUGC1

Senators say they’ve settled on a schedule that would end the trial on Wednesday.

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By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UbLc5b

Battle Lines Quickly Form Over Radical Property Tax Proposal

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By BY EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS, MATTHEW HAAG AND JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2tgjTeQ

'Dawn of a new era': UK's Johnson 'respectfully' marks Brexit day

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail Brexit day on Friday as "the dawn of a new era" and pledge to unite Britain in an address to the nation which he hopes will draw a line under years of angry debate over the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3943OIH https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

UK's Johnson plans full customs and border checks on EU goods: Telegraph

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European goods entering the United Kingdom after Brexit, in an attempt to ramp up pressure on the bloc in trade talks, the Telegraph newspaper reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37YqHwE https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Paraguay restricts travelers from China amid virus outbreak

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Landlocked Paraguay said on Friday that it had suspended indefinitely issuance of visas to people traveling from China because of the coronavirus outbreak centered in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tiZAh1 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly

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The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an "independence day" they said marked a new era for the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tgjcSM https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

'We are free': Flag-waving Britons cheer in Brexit

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Singing patriotic songs and waving Union Jacks, thousands of Britons flocked to a muddy patch of grass outside parliament on a damp Friday night to toast their moment of history: Britain's departure from the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/31isNVY https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Last train to Europe: all aboard the Eurostar as Britain bids goodbye

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On the last train to Europe before Britain left the EU on Friday evening, passengers leaving London expressed sorrow, optimism and anger, reflecting the emotions of a nation conflicted ahead its great leap into the unknown. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2S8yTE8 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Former Belgian-Nicaraguan political prisoner calls for probe into Ortega government

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Nicaragua's best known former political prisoner, Amaya Coppens, is calling for international organizations to investigate alleged abuses by the government of President Daniel Ortega. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36O3cVI https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Trump eases restrictions on land mine use by U.S. military

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President Donald Trump on Friday relaxed Obama-era restrictions on the U.S. military's use of anti-personnel land mines, arguing that the previous policy could put American troops at a "severe disadvantage." from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Oh3gqN https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

China's Hubei reports 45 new coronavirus deaths, total at 249

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China's Hubei province, the epicentre of a coronavirus epidemic, reported 45 new deaths from the outbreak on Friday, bringing the total to 249, the local health commission said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37Lfgs9 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

U.S. declares coronavirus public health emergency after imposing quarantines

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Reuters) - The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public health emergency on Friday and announced the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37NPKT8 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Britain Brexits - United Kingdom leaves the European Union

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The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, turning its back on post-World War Two attempts to unite the once warring nations of Europe into a global power. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3b0qTNU https://ift.tt/HDXIyB