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Climate change has meant more wildfires, and many Chilean pine trees have been destroyed; in addition, researchers are racing to identify a new blight that has devastated the forests in recent years
Ambulant Digital Cinema (CNA) brought its show to the southwestern village of Bayanga along bumpy rutted tracks, aiming to reach people living in remote parts of a deeply poor country scarred by violence
Assailants were suspected members of Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group blamed for hundreds of killings since 2014
Launch marks second successful test in less than two months for missile and associated technologies, which had previously experienced failures
The Russian leader was responding to an appeal to free 77-year-old Sergei Ponomaryov, a prominent rights activist who is serving 16 days in police cells for urging people to take part in an unauthorized rally
Designation of Pakistan as among ‘countries of particular concern’ ramps up pressure on Islamabad over blasphemy law, treatment of minorities
In a video titled 'Climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza', Danish photographer Andreas Hvid appears to scale the 4,500-year-old tomb on the outskirts of Cairo at night with an unidentified woman who is later seen taking off her top
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, finalized at the UN in July, was formally approved in Marrakesh on Monday
Rick Perry says Iraq should partner with US companies to become energy independent, as Baghdad's waiver from US sanctions on Iran nears its expiration
Meeting EU's three percent deficit limit has been centrepiece of Macron's European strategy in order to win trust of powerful Berlin and its backing for EU reforms
'Avengers: Infinity War,' made by Disney's Marvel subsidiary earned $2 billion alone
Murad, who was taken hostage by IS in 2014 but escaped, on Monday became the first Iraqi to receive the prestigious award
Brazil's next government, under incoming far-right president Jair Bolsonaro who takes power in three weeks, will be neoliberal economically, morally conservative and heavy reliant on a contingent of ex-military figures
Scientists have drilled 2.5 kilometers beneath the seabed and found vast underground forests of 'deep life,' including microbes that persist for thousands, maybe millions of years, researchers say
Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency has killed more than 27,000 people and left 1.8 million homeless in northeast Nigeria since 2009
The 59-year-old leader left hospital in Morocco earlier this month and is recovering at a private residence in the capital Rabat after weeks of silence about his condition
Riyadh hosting annual gathering as crises rumble on over 18-month-old dispute with Doha, war in Yemen and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Devotees clad in saffron filled a huge parade ground under tight security, where speakers warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi they would not let up until the temple was sanctioned
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo hails 'historic moment,' saying it would open 'a new chapter' in Belgian-African relations
Trade gap has continued to swell despite punitive tariffs imposed this year on allies and adversaries alike
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