Joe Biden toured the shrinking waters of the Rio Negro as the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
Potential supply shortages are plaguing the world’s largest coffee producer as well as the second-biggest – Vietnam.
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Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide
The social media platform will stay suspended until it complies with local orders and pays outstanding fines that as of last week exceeded $3 million.
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Fire smoke covers Brazil’s capital, prompting federal response
Smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savannah, Pantanal wetlands and Sao Paulo state is affecting millions of Brazilians across the country.
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Brazilian authorities begin investigation into fiery plane crash that killed 62
Images recorded by witnesses showed the aircraft in a flat spin and plunging vertically before smashing to the ground inside a gated community.
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Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms
Heavy rains and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul since last week also have left 128 people missing, authorities said.
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Ties to Maine: Missionary in trouble with Brazilian government
Steve Campbell and his family as seen on the Greene Baptist Church website. (greenebaptist.org) A Christian missionary linked to a church in Greene has been accused of entering the territory of an isolated tribe in western Brazil and possibly exposing the natives to foreign germs. A Brazilian government agency said Steve Campbell could face charges […]
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Story of Paris Hill man connects Maine to ‘complexities’ of slave trade
The story of the boy who was abducted from the eastern coast of Africa and wound up living among country folk in western Maine has captivated the residents of Paris Hill for more than 160 years. It’s a revealing tale, at turns tragic, bewildering and inspiring, that stretches across an ocean, three continents and nearly […]
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Frederic A. St. Linger
LEWISTON — Frederic A. St. Linger, 82, of 10 Claire St., Lewiston, died at his home Thursday, June 21. Born in Methuen, Mass., on Sept. 1, 1935, he was the son of Arno and Gertrude St. Linger. He attended local public schools in Lawrence, Mass., and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Class of […]
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Rescued to retrieve
A shelter dog specially trained as a ball-retriever catches a tennis ball during an exhibition event at the Brazil Open tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday. The six participating dogs were rescued from the streets of Sao Paulo, and according to the tournament organizers, the initiative is to promote the adoption of abandoned street animals. […]