Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it

This year, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning. He imposed a four-month ban on most fires and sent in the army.

Trump: US demands restoration of United Nations sanctions against Iran

Trump said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to New York on Thursday to present the U.S. demand to reimpose the sanctions, accusing Iran of significant non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.

Palestinians in Gaza rally against deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates

Protesters burned Israeli and American flags, trampled on posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, and chanted “normalization is betrayal to Jerusalem and Palestine.”

United States suspends extradition and tax agreements with Hong Kong

President Donald Trump already had determined that Hong Kong was no longer eligible for the continued preferential treatment that it enjoyed based on its autonomy following its reversion to Chinese rule in 1997. The three agreements cover the transfer of fugitives and convicted prisoners as well as reciprocal tax exemptions on income from international shipping.

Premature baby 'helps' dad propose to mom from hospital incubator

One couple in the U.K. is now engaged after the man popped the question with backup from an extra-special wingman – their newborn son.

Lego piece dislodged from kid’s nose after two years: report

Samir Anwar was playing with Legos in 2018 when he stuck a piece up his nose -- and it finally dislodged two years later.

Champagne makers fix harvest quotas as sales plummet during pandemic

French Champagne producers decided Tuesday to put unprecedented limits on the quantity of grapes they’ll harvest this year in hopes of propping up prices and containing damage from the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump campaign's contacts with Russia posed 'grave' counterintelligence threat, Senate panel says

The report from the Republican-led panel lays out significant contacts between Trump associates and Russians, describing for instance a close professional relationship between Trump campaign chairman Paul Mananfort and Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the committee describes without equivocation as a Russian intelligence officer.

Chocolate snow rains down on Swiss town

Residents of a Swiss town got a bit of a shock when it started snowing particles of a fine cocoa powder.

Woman claims she found Jesus' face on a potato: 'It was just looking at me'

A woman from Scotland claims she recently spotted something rather odd on the skin of a potato she bought from a nearby supermarket. However, it wasn’t a bug or a patch of mold or anything like that — she says it was the face of Jesus.

French nursing home sees 9 deaths in one week as coronavirus returns

Nine people with the virus died over the past week in a single nursing home in eastern France, and other French care homes are shutting their doors as the country battles a new rise in COVID-19 infections.

New Zealand delays election after COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen to delay New Zealand’s national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city Auckland.

U.S., Mexico, Canada extend border restrictions
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The United States, Canada, and Mexico have agreed to extend the border restrictions on non-essential travel between the nations through September 21.

German food company to change racist name of popular sauce

One of Germany’s best-known food companies says it will rename a popular spicy dressing because of the racist connotations of its name.