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In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from the brink of extinction

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, TERESA DE MIGUEL and ANDRÉ PENNER Associated Press JUMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by the European invasion. In the late 1990s, the last remaining family consisted of an elderly man, Aruká, and his three daughters, Boreá, Mandeí,

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French foreign minister says she is open to South Pacific resettlement requests due to rising seas

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says she is open to any resettlement request from tiny South Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, similar to Australia’s agreement with Tuvalu. Colonna said on Monday that France had watched with “great interest” last month when Australia offered Tuvalu

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At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand

By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests registered to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks in Dubai, more than three times the number found in an Associated Press analysis of last year’s talks, as new rules took effect requiring attendees to disclose

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49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro ejected in NFC title game rematch

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday’s 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles’ chief security officer. Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles’ sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off

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Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday

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Watchdog: Western arms companies failed to ramp up production capacity in 2022 due to Ukraine war

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Many Western arms companies failed to ramp up production in 2022 despite a strong increase in demand for weapons and military equipment, a watchdog group said Monday, adding that labor shortages, soaring costs and supply chain disruptions had been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In its Top 100 of such firms,

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Harris dashed to Dubai to tackle climate change and war. Each carries high political risks at home

By WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Filling in for President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle a pair of challenges that have flummoxed White Houses for decades: climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each carries the risk of political blowback

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Michigan vs. Alabama, Washington vs. Texas in College Football Playoff; unbeaten Florida St left out

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The final season of the four-team College Football Playoff turned out to be the most controversial with an unprecedented snub. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were selected Sunday and Florida State became the first unbeaten Power Five conference champion to be excluded from the field. Michigan will

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