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Brazil's Amazon deforestation 'highest since 2008'

Destruction of the rainforest increased by 9.5% compared to the previous 12 months, new data shows.
Latin America & Caribbean
Canada unveils largest economic stimulus since WW2

Opposition Conservatives say the historic spending plan is "startling".
US & Canada
Covid lung damage 'identified' in study

Researchers are to investigate whether young people and those not in hospital could be affected.
Health

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Marine land Spurs in FA Cup third round

Northern Premier League side Marine will play Jose Mourinho's Premier League leaders Tottenham in the third round of the FA Cup.
Football
Fulham beat Leicester to move out of bottom three

Fulham move out of the Premier League relegation places with an impressive victory over Leicester that prevented Brendan Rodgers' side going level on points with leaders Tottenham.
Football
Jimenez has surgery on fractured skull

Wolves striker Raul Jimenez has surgery on a fractured skull suffered in a clash of heads during his side's Premier League win at Arsenal.
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Why catfishing has spiked in lockdown

How ‘romance scammers’ are making money off of lockdown loneliness
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Why the Arctic permafrost is exploding

Strange mounds in north-west Siberia are rupturing like boils
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The sandwich that defines Cape Town

The humble Gatsby sandwich has its roots in apartheid
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BLM founders: We fought to change history and won

The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement say they are optimistic
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Indigenous Amazon leader named 'environmental hero'

Nemonte Nenquimo is one of the six environmental leaders to be awarded this year's Goldman Prize.
Latin America & Caribbean
A 70-year-old photographic mystery

Collector William Fagan discovered an old roll of film in a camera
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Thousands flee after volcano erupts

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