The Negro River is the Amazon’s largest tributary and the world’s sixth-largest by water volume.
Look beyond the usual destinations and you’ll find outstanding countries that offer something different,and may well be bargain-priced and uncrowded too.
Thousands of fish have also died in the Amazon,where water temperatures reached 38 degrees on Sunday.
When it comes to organ transplants,every second counts and a fire brigade was happy to find the climber at 2280 metres.
Is a high-level annual meeting of country leaders still relevant? Has the UN failed in its goal to promote lasting peace? Is Australia attending?
Danelo Cavalcante broke out of prison two weeks earlier by climbing between two walls that formed a narrow corridor in the jailhouse yard.
The rain turned streets into torrents,underground carparks into waterfalls and shopping malls into lakes. It also continues to cause deaths and destruction in Greece.
Since Sunday,an extratropical storm has submerged dozens of cities in the southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.
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Necklaces,expensive watches and gold-plated statuettes only came to light when Jair Bolsonaro tried to recover a batch seized by customs.
For China,BRICS is another powerful engine for it to spread its influence around the world,particularly in developing nations.