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The Brazilian president has stated that NGOs can burn the Amazon rainforest to disrupt his government after he cuts funding. Bolsonaro has no evidence but said "everything shows" that NGOs are going to the Amazon to set fire to the forest Source link

US President Donald Trump spoke to the press before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, NJ, on August 18, 2019. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump declared himself the Chosen One on Wednesday while defending his administration's actions in the ongoing US-China trade war. The president's self-aggrandizing remark followed a number of criticisms directed at his …

HONG KONG – A protest at a Hong Kong subway station suddenly escalated into a chaotic free-for-all on Wednesday night, with masked demonstrators bracing for a confrontation with the police. Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters had gathered for a sit-in at the Yuen Long MTR station, marking the one-month anniversary of the violent July 21 incident when peaceful demonstrators, wearing …

President Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that there have already been months of "secret" discussions between the two countries, even as the US has stepped up economic sanctions against the socialist regime. Maduro said on Tuesday that talks had been going on for a long time between top officials in his government and the US administration, while Trump …

It will take a decade to do it again. German police say an 8-year-old boy drove his mother's Volkswagen Golf joystick down a highway near their Soest home, but was found safe at a roadside rest stop after his mother reported it. disappeared. "I just wanted to drive a little," he told police. Police said the boy parked the car, …

Website copyright Lockheed website Caption images US military experts say aircraft are crucial to improving Taiwan's security China has threatened to impose sanctions on US companies involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan if Washington continues the deal. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang urged the US to halt arms sales and end military contact with Taiwan. The …

NEWRY, Northern Ireland – When Patsy Doyle was in his 20s, he and a few friends left Belfast for a weekend in Ireland. They never made it. They were stopped at a border checkpoint by British security forces, searched and detained for several hours before returning home. Those like Mr. Doyle, who lived through the era known as the Troubles, …

Simon Cheng, 28, who works as a Commerce and Investment Officer at the British Consulate General in Hong Kong, has been placed under administrative arrest for 15 days, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang said on Wednesday. [19659002] "The person is not a British citizen. He is a Hong Kong citizen, so he is a Chinese citizen and this is …

The US State Department approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters in Taiwan, expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will receive the latest version of the fighter, built by Lockheed Martin, F-16C / D Block 70, in a $ 8 billion deal, the State Department announced on Tuesday. Prior to the announcement, US President Donald Trump said "someone has to take …

A Florida teenager arrested for "joking" on a school shooting, new guidelines advise more women to need a genetic test for breast cancer, and a Connecticut man accused of killing a hotel worker Anguilla, wants self-defense. Watch "NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt" at 6:30 PM ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). 1:37 15-year-old arrested for …