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Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill port terminal in Brazil

Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill port terminal in Brazil

Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways. The South American nation is the world's top exporter of soy and maize, and ongoing efforts to upgrade river ports aim to ease transportation. Demonstrators

Four lives changed by four years of Russia-Ukraine war

Four lives changed by four years of Russia-Ukraine war

Tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war. In Ukraine, millions more have had to flee their homes to escape the fighting as Russia's troops advanced. And any Russians who oppose the fighting have either been arrested

AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners

AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners

An onslaught of artificial intelligence agents that handle tasks from writing code to dispensing tax advice has the tech world and financial markets scrambling to pick winners and shed losers. Gone are the days of being satisfied with OpenAI's ChatGPT simply creating responses to text prompts. Makers of

'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

Australian farmer Tom Warren's solar panels look like any other -- until you spot the dozens of sheep grazing and napping, helping the country transition to green energy and earning him a decent income while doing it. More than 30,000 solar panels are deployed across approximately 50 hectares

Cuban Americans keep sending help to the island, but some cry foul

Cuban Americans keep sending help to the island, but some cry foul

In the early morning, Florida resident Gisela Salgado headed to a local store with a bag stuffed with clothes, coffee and powdered milk to send to her brother in Cuba. She was not alone. Even though some shipping agents in the Sunshine State have restricted the mailing of packages to

As US pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?

As US pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?

US President Donald Trump's decision to put Nigeria on a blacklist for religious freedom violations has sparked high-level talks between Abuja and Washington -- but what they can agree on remains to be seen. Since Nigeria was labeled last year as a "Country of Particular Concern,"

Dark times under Syria's Assad hit Arab screens for Ramadan

Dark times under Syria's Assad hit Arab screens for Ramadan

A Syrian prison warden screams at a group of chained, crouching inmates in a harrowing scene from one of several Ramadan television series this year that tackle the era of former ruler Bashar al-Assad. Talking about Syria's prisons and the torture, enforced disappearances and executions that took