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Out-of-control California wildfire grows, forces schools to close

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, California, United States (Reuters) --  A wildfire burning out of control in mountains and foothills east of…

Olympics: Gunfire feared in Olympic bus attack

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A bus carrying Rio Olympics journalists came under attack Tuesday and police were investigating…

Brazil Senate debates opening impeachment end game

BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AFP) - by Damian WROCLAVSKY Brazil's Senate on Tuesday debated before voting on whether to send suspended president…

Olympics: Saric serves notice he’s ready for NBA challenge

by Jim SLATER RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- If anyone doubts 22-year-old Croatian power forward Dario Saric is ready…

Mexican mothers nursed their babies to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week

(Reuters) -- Over 100 nursing mothers gathered in Mexico City on Saturday (August 6) to nurse their babies in a…

Protests shake Rio hours before opening Olympics gala

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) - by Sebastian Smith with Laura Bonilla Cal Thousands of Brazilians angry at political…

Hurricane Earl churns toward Belize hit

by Henry MORALES A hurricane sweeping in from the Caribbean on Wednesday was threatening Belize with mudslides, flooding and damage…

Hurricane Earl nears Belize

Hurricane Earl thundered towards the shores of Belize on Wednesday (August 3), dumping heavy rains on Honduras and prompting hundreds…

Police rescue kidnapped mother-in-law of F1’s Ecclestone

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Brazilian police said they rescued the kidnapped mother-in-law of British Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone unharmed…

Meter-wide dinosaur print, one of largest ever, found in Bolivia

A footprint measuring over a meter wide that was made by a meat-eating predator some 80 million years ago has…

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