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China air pollution levels fall
Air pollution levels in China\'s cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday, but ...Peru to make contact with isolated tribe for first time
Peru will try to make contact for the first time with an Amazonian tribe that largely lives isolated in the jungle, part ...South Sudan army crushed civilians under tanks
South Sudan\'s government forces and armed groups allied to it have carried out a series of horrific killings, rapes, including burning civilians ...Prefeitos do mundo todo alertam para ameaças à humanidade e se comprometem com metas da ...
Mais de 65 prefeitos de todo o mundo se comprometeram nesta quarta-feira a implementar os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Nações Unidas ...Ukraine, rebels reach preliminary deal to broaden weapons withdrawal
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and ...Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria
Three Spanish journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.Turkey identifies suspect in suicide attack as dead activists mourned
Turkey said Tuesday it had identified a suspect over a devastating suicide bombing on the border with Syria blamed on Islamic State ...U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah officials for Syria support
The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they ...Violence as Burundi votes with president seeking re-election
Burundians voted Tuesday amid gunfire and grenade blasts, with President Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term despite international ...Colombia celebrates FARC rebel ceasefire
War-weary Colombia celebrated the start of a FARC rebel ceasefire after a half-century of hostilities, with hopes still high that its fragile ...