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The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon dont look like the major forest fires of Europe or North America -- instead, they are fuelled mainly by branches, vegetation and other byproducts of deforestation in cleared areas, experts say. (Photo: File)

As Brazil fights Amazon criticism, No time off for ambassadors

Some ambassadors were already on vacation and had to return to their posts, the sources said.

27 Aug 2019 8:37 AM IST

I was devastated that someone would leave their child in a store to worry more about stealing a stroller, store owner Enelio Ortega said. (Photo: Facebook | @bambibabystore)

Watch: Woman steals perambulator from shop, forgets her baby behind

Two out of the team of three women took to distracting the employee while the third one grabbed a stroller and walked...

26 Aug 2019 4:08 PM IST

Untouchable charts the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein. (Photo: AP)

Harvey Weinstein to hear new sexual assault allegations against him...

The document is expected to be made public on Monday, two weeks before jury selection for his trial is scheduled to...

26 Aug 2019 3:04 PM IST

Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenlands coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them. (Photo: AFP)

'OMG' Mission: Scientists check Greenland's melting ice in 1940s plane

They are part of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), a mission that has flown around the vast island for four summers.

26 Aug 2019 1:19 PM IST

On Friday, Trump had asked American companies to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including shifting manufacturing of their products to the US after Beijing imposed additional tariffs on USD 75 billion worth of US goods. (Photo: AP)

Trump aides downplay 'order' to US companies to leave china

Trump said he has 'no plan now' to bring US companies in line, and his aides quickly reinforced the message.

26 Aug 2019 10:47 AM IST

A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforests importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting. (Photo: AP)

Why the world, and not just Brazil, should care about ravaging Amazon...

Eight out of nine Amazon states have seen an increase, with the largest state of Amazonas seeing a 146 per cent rise.

26 Aug 2019 9:27 AM IST

Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm. (Photo: File)

G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight Amazon fires, repair damage

Merkel noted that Bolsonaro is putting 'significant forces' into the effort to save the rainforest.

26 Aug 2019 8:43 AM IST

Trump has made clamping down on legal and illegal immigration a signature policy of his administration. (Photo:AP)

Donald Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting US:...

During a hurricane briefing, Trump asked if it were possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by...

26 Aug 2019 8:10 AM IST

It will sell a range of craft beers as well as special ales created exclusively for Disneyland. (Photo: Pixabay)

Measles-stricken girl visits Disneyland amid worst outbreak in US in...

The Orange County Health Care Agency said that the girl was in Southern California from August 11 to August 15.

25 Aug 2019 4:14 PM IST

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wifes private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Times said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA astronaut Anne McClain refutes charges of involvement in 'first...

McClain's spouse Summer Worden had claimed that McClain accessed her bank account from a NASA-owned computer.

25 Aug 2019 2:34 PM IST

Nineteen-year-old Morgan and 20-year-old Boudreaux were pronounced dead Friday at the scene by the same justice of the peace who had just married them. (Photo: Facebook/ Christina Fontenot)

US newlywed couple killed in crash in front of family minutes after...

Longlois said they were 'childhood sweethearts' who decided to be married by popular Orange County Justice of the Peace...

25 Aug 2019 11:16 AM IST

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wifes private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Times said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA investigates crime committed in space for first time: report

NASA investigators have contacted both women, according to the newspaper.

25 Aug 2019 10:46 AM IST