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Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro plays down Amazon fires, accuses NGOs of blocking land titling

BRASÍLIA (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro said late on Wednesday Brazil was being “disproportionately” criticized for fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands, at a time when many places around the world were seeing a surge in blazes.The number of fires in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, likely…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Hurricane

Sally leaves deadly mark on Gulf Coast, hundreds of rescues in Florida, Alabama

At least 1 dead after Sally strikes Gulf CoastHigh-water rescues underway in Florida after Hurricane Sally slams the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm; Jason Rogers, Escambia County Florida Public Safety Director, provides updates on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ Rivers in Florida and Alabama are rising Thursday after Hurricane Sally blasted the…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Slavery Abolition

Barr compares coronavirus stay-at-home orders to slavery

Washington — Attorney General William Barr compared stay-at-home orders issued by governors to mitigate the spread of coronavirus to slavery, and dismissed the Black Lives Matter movement as exploiting the deaths of Black people at the hands of police for political gain. "Putting a national lockdown, stay at home orders…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

VR

India reiterates skirmishes caused by China’s provocative military manoeuvres at LAC

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asserted that no force in the world can stop Indian soldiers from patrolling the country's border in Ladakh region. Making a statement in Rajya Sabha on the situation in eastern Ladakh, he said China has amassed troops on the border and in…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

TikTok

Jason Derulo developing TikTok-based movie idea

Jason Derulo has his sights set on a screenwriting career next.The Talk Dirty singer made his big screen debut in 2019’s critical flop Cats, but is planning to shake things up with his next Hollywood move.In chat with Britain’s Daily Star, Jason revealed he’s currently working on a new project…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Belfast

No tax gain for Frampton from US bouts, court told

Carl Frampton's ex-trainer Shane McGuigan allegedly told a boxing associate that he was "finished" and had only one fight left in him, the High Court in Belfast was told today. A judge also heard the atmosphere between the former world champion and his coach and manager Barry McGuigan in their final…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Maduro

India finds place in Trump’s list of top drug transit and drug producing nations

Washington: US President Donald Trump has identified India along with 20 other nations as major drug transit or illicit drug-producing countries and asserted that his administration is taking the fight to criminal organisations engaged in narcotics substances and their enablers on an unprecedented scale. In his presidential determination, Trump also…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Narendra Modi

BJP Launches ‘Know Namo’ Quiz On PM Modi’s Birthday, Winners To Get Book Signed By Him

New Delhi: On Prime Minister Narendra Modis 70th birthday, NaMo App has launched unique modules using which you can watch glimpses from PM Modi’s life and even send him birthday greetings.Through this, users can Witness PM Modi’s life-story, his journey, his achievements in a never-before-seen format.Launched on Thursday, the three…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Barack Obama

First volume of Obama’s memoir coming out on Nov. 17

The first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It’s called “A Promised Land” and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office.The publication date for the second volume has not…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Global Warming

Corporate America and QAnon’s Joint Mission to Let the World Burn

The Republican Party this week is looking like a house divided on climate change: Specifically, it seems split between business interests who want at least the veneer of corporate responsibility and ideologues who think global warming is a conspiracy to make white men feel guilty. Visiting a burning California on…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2020

Bolsonaro plays down Amazon fires, accuses NGOs of blocking land titling

Sally leaves deadly mark on Gulf Coast, hundreds of rescues in Florida, Alabama

Barr compares coronavirus stay-at-home orders to slavery

India reiterates skirmishes caused by China’s provocative military manoeuvres at LAC

Jason Derulo developing TikTok-based movie idea

No tax gain for Frampton from US bouts, court told

India finds place in Trump’s list of top drug transit and drug producing nations

BJP Launches ‘Know Namo’ Quiz On PM Modi’s Birthday, Winners To Get Book Signed By Him

First volume of Obama’s memoir coming out on Nov. 17

Corporate America and QAnon’s Joint Mission to Let the World Burn

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