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Takeaways from AP's report on how Suriname's Saamaka are fighting to protect their rainforest
The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands
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In his own words: Trump on gas prices and energy costs since launching the war with Iran
Since launching the war with Iran nearly eight months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump has struggled to quell soaring energy costs, undermining Republicans’ attempt to keep control of Congress in the midterm elections next week
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Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban
A prisoner has lost his challenge to an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite after he argued in court that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breached his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”
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Netanyahu’s legacy is on the line as Israelis vote in the first elections since the Oct. 7 attack
When Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, it looked like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s days in office were numbered
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Lula is declared winner of Brazil's election as Bolsonaro rejects results
Flavio Bolsonaro is refusing to concede defeat to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who bested him by nearly 4.4 million votes, following a chaotic delay in poll closing times ordered by a Supreme Court justice
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Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat to the student-led movement in a seismic political shift
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government
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As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between them
With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out
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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile, as doubts over democracy deepen
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has reappeared in Venezuela for the first time since December
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The Latest: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins reelection over Flávio Bolsonaro
Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has defeated far-right Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and won reelection to his fourth term
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Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan, drawing Arab American rebuke
President Donald Trump is intensifying his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
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