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Pope seeks ‘courageous’ debate over Amazon priest shortage
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged South American bishops on Monday to speak “courageously” at a high-profile meeting on the Amazon, where the shortage of priests is so acute that the Vatican is considering ordaining married men and…
McDonald’s uses Alexa and Google to help with hiring
McDonald's Corp. is letting job seekers start an application by using voice commands with Amazon's Alexa or Google's Assistant.
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News Wrap: North Korea says it’s open to new nuclear talks with U.S.
In our news wrap Monday, North Korea says it is willing to restart nuclear talks with the U.S. Previous discussions stalled after President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un held a failed summit in Hanoi in February, but Trump…
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In Brazil, fires and deforestation threaten Amazon species’ survival
In the Amazon rainforest, record-breaking forest fires and ongoing deforestation threaten the survival of thousands of plant and animal species that call the ecosystem home. Scientists seeking to save them are carefully evaluating which areas of the vibrant Amazon biome…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said earlier in the day that his son and Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo were heading to Washington to discuss possible U.S. aid in fighting the fires.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and the country's foreign minister are in the United States to discuss aid amid devastating fires in the Amazon region.
The official decree prohibiting fires for 60 days was published Thursday following international criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the environmental crisis.
Over 98 percent of Brazil's indigenous lands lie within the Amazon.
The Brazilian leader also escalated a deeply personal dispute with French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of portraying himself as "the one and only person" concerned about the environment.
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