Brazil officials, Bolsonaro's son meet with Trump to discuss Amazon fires

Brazil's foreign minister and President Jair Bolsonaro's son met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to discuss the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, although no concrete measures to deal with the blazes were announced.

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Poland still counts losses from WW2 invasion

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind.

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No need yet for Hong Kong to use emergency powers: senior parliamentary official

Hong Kong is a long way from having to declare emergency powers or to ask the Chinese military to intervene, a senior official with China's parliament and pro-Beijing Hong Kong politician told Reuters, as months of protests show no sign of abating.

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Ukraine official says Ukraine, Russia swapped prisoners, including sailors

Ukrainian prisoners, including sailors and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, are flying back to Ukraine after a prisoner swap was completed with Russia, according to comments that were reposted on Facebook by Ukraine's general prosecutor.

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Jailed Ukrainian filmmaker brought to Moscow amid prisoner swap talks: Russian media

Russia has transferred jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov from a remote Arctic prison to custody in Moscow amid talks with Kiev on a possible prisoner swap, news agencies TASS and Interfax cited unnamed sources as saying on Thursday.

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Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'

Criminals used previously unknown vulnerabilities to implant monitoring software, research shows.

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Mexico missing: The city where 'you can feel the fear'

With gangs using private homes to dispose of bodies, the search for the missing is getting harder.

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Moscow protests: Students challenging arrest in Putin's Russia

Hundreds have been arrested, now student are filling courtrooms for crash courses in Russia's legal system.

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Has President Trump's trade war cost China three million jobs?

He said that China has lost at least three million jobs - is this true?

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'I would not have kept the baby': Fighting depression in pregnancy

Where millions live without access to a psychiatrist, one innovative scheme is trying to plug the gap.

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Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'

Criminals used previously unknown vulnerabilities to implant monitoring software, research shows.

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Former Dallas detective famously photographed escorting Lee Harvey Oswald dies at 99

Jim Leavelle, the Dallas police detective who handcuffed himself to Lee Harvey Oswald in a vain attempt to protect him two days after Oswald had assassinated President John Kennedy, died on Thursday at age 99, his daughter said.

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Ex-Major League Baseball player Dotel has Dominican charge dismissed, freed on bail

A Dominican court released former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel on bail on Thursday after he spent nine days in detention over allegations of money laundering.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong among three arrested before weekend protests

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city that is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades ago.

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Joshua Wong arrested: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police.

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China's Xi sees bigger role for joint development of offshore oil, gas with Philippines

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can properly handle their dispute over sovereignty.

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Man gored to death by bull at Spanish festival

The man had attended the festival in Cuellar as a spectator but was attacked by the bull.

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Chicago mayor warns of 'hard choices' to deal with $838 million budget deficit

Chicago faces an $838 million deficit in its upcoming budget, the largest in the city's recent history, due to growing costs for personnel, pensions and debt, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Thursday.

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New Mexico official orders cancellation of Jeffrey Epstein land leases

New Mexico's attorney general on Thursday called for the cancellation of state land leases to Jeffrey Epstein as his office investigated allegations the late financier sexually abused girls and women at his ranch south of Santa Fe.

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New Mexico official orders cancellation of Jeffrey Epstein land leases

New Mexico's attorney general on Thursday called for the cancellation of state land leases to Jeffrey Epstein as his office investigated allegations the late financier sexually abused girls and women at his ranch south of Santa Fe.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested ahead of weekend protests

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city which is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades ago.

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Trump says Florida faces 'absolute monster' hurricane

Florida residents on Thursday were bracing for a hurricane that was threatening to smack into the center of the state over the Labor Day weekend, and President Donald Trump said it appeared the storm's winds would be "unbelievably high."

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