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High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote
High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote
by  AFP

The image would indelibly mark President Jair Bolsonaro's term: the sky over Sao Paulo turning dark at 3:00 pm as smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest engulfed Brazil's biggest city.

Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm
by  AFP

Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast of southwest Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on Wednesday with powerful winds and torrential rains threatening "catastrophic" damage and flooding. The NHC said Ian was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour when it made landfall and forecast "catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding in the Florida peninsula."

Apple App Store pulls Russian social network VKontakte
Apple App Store pulls Russian social network VKontakte
by  AFP

Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain. VK apps are used for messaging, digital payments and grocery shopping as well as social networking.

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