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The researchers credit the slowdown to policies implemented by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva to curb deforestation.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026The pace of tropical forest destruction eased last year from a record high but has remained at alarming levels, according to a new study that praises “decisive government action”.The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest in 2025 – down 36 percent from the previous year, researchers from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland said on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“A drop of this scale in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California Democrat is facing backlash after hosting a Hamas-associated group at his office on Capitol Hill last week.Rep. Derek Tran welcomed a group of leaders from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as part of the “National Muslim Advocacy Day,” an annual lobbying event organized by Muslim advocacy groups.CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, was recently designated as a terrorist organization by the state of Texas and Florida following accusations that the group supported funding for Hamas. The group has since filed defamatory lawsuits against Governors Greg Abbott and Ron…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL defensive end Josh Mauro has died, his family announced Tuesday. He was 35 years old.Greg Mauro, Josh’s father, announced his son’s death in a Facebook post, saying he passed on April 23.”With many tears and broken hearts, yet anchored in the unshakable certainty that our precious Josh Mauro is now healed and made news – live in the presence of the Lord – we humbly covet your prayers as our family walks through the devastating loss of our amazing son, brother, uncle, grandson and friend,” Greg wrote in the post.…

Investing in skilled trades. The importance of sport to Canada’s national character. Few details available on the effects of significant public service cuts. If you squinted and read Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Spring Economic Update, you would be forgiven for mistaking it for a Conservative fiscal document circa 2011 — few splashy new programs, relatively modest affordability measures and boosts to program spending, and a fiscal track to chip away at federal deficits over the next five years.Both then and now, the federal government is focused on expanding trading relationships, attempting to address affordability issues with targeted tax relief and…

Albany has been named among seven regional cities “critical” to WA’s future economic growth, with the region to be bolstered with 26 new homes for frontline workers by 2030.

A major data center company has paused investment in AI infrastructure projects and data centers in the Middle East amid the Iran war, its CEO has told CNBC.As oil prices have skyrocketed and supply chains have been heavily disrupted by conflict in the region, the future of huge digital infrastructure plans in the Middle East has become uncertain. Assets in the region have become military targets and shortages are predicted for key materials needed for the AI infrastructure buildout. A data center in Abu Dhabi, operated by Oaktree-owned Pure DC, was struck by shrapnel from an Iranian attack. The company’s CEO, Gary…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s transport ministry has formed a special team to investigate the involvement of a Green SM electric taxi in a train collision that killed 15 people near Jakarta on Monday night (Apr 27).The taxi was crossing the tracks along Jalan Ampera – a narrow potholed road in Jakarta’s neighbouring city of Bekasi – when it broke down and was hit by a train approaching the nearby East Bekasi Station.Train operator Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) instructed a second commuter train travelling in the opposite direction to remain at East Bekasi Station, but a third train travelling from Jakarta to Surabaya…

Indian-administered Kashmir – Rashid Ahmad Mughal was barely six when armed rebels barged into their home in Chunt Waliwar village, in Ganderbal district of Indian-administered Kashmir, on a freezing January night in 2000.At about midnight, nearly a dozen armed men broke the window by force and entered the Mughals’ home, where six people were asleep – 23-year-old Ishfaq, his 20-year-old sister Naseema, and younger brothers Ajaz, 8, and Rashid, 6, beside their two cousins.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe rebels had come looking for Ishfaq, who, the family admitted, worked for the Indian army, which controls the region.“He…

4/28: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Former FBI Director James Comey says he’s innocent after second indictment; King Charles visits the White House and addresses Congress.

Tired of rumbling over the pothole-riddled streets of Montreal, two local entrepreneurs decided they would stop waiting for the city to fix the problem and started filling the holes themselves.  They claim they’ve patched up dozens of streets in the past month. “I’m doing this first of all for the love of the city and the love for this country,” said Saak Tekiout, who runs a landscaping company along with his friend, Sonny Mannuael.Global News watched Tekiout and Mannuael volunteer their time to fill multiple potholes in the middle of Robert-Bourassa Boulevard in downtown Montreal.The pair says that while driving around…