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Bodies retrieved in Amazon search for British journalist, Indigenous worker
A man earlier confessed to killing them, police said. The 10-day search for the men has provoked international outrage.
- by André Spigariol, Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
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Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights worker Bruno Pereira went missing after receiving threats. Family and official reports differ.
- by Terrence McCoy
From the Archives, 1982: War over, talks begin again
After 78 days and hundreds of deaths, the Falklands War came to a close as Argentinian troops surrendered to British forces in Port Stanley.
- by Margaret Jones and AAP-Reuter
From the Archives, 1982: Unconditional surrender on Falklands
Forty years ago, after 74 days of conflict and hundreds of deaths, the Falklands conflict came to an end when Argentine forces surrendered unconditionally to British forces in Port Stanley.
- by Peter Smark
‘Every second counts’: British journalist, Brazilian expert missing in lawless part of Amazon
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing while reporting in a remote part of the rainforest near the border with Peru, after reports of threats.
- by Fabiano Masonnave and David Biller
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Earthquake
Strong quake strikes southern Peru
The powerful quake struck the Tirapata region of southern Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said.
- by Reuters
‘Superpower’ bacteria discovered in Antarctica
Bacteria discovered in the deep south have genes that give them antiobiotic and antimicrobial resistance and could spread out from polar regions.
- by Fabian Cambero
‘Now we can be happy again’: Rio’s dazzling Carnival returns
Rio’s top samba schools have begun putting on their delayed Carnival parades, their first after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic.
- by David Biller and Mauricio Savarese
Rio's Carnival: Hot and sweaty in $400 costumes
Our instructions – only in Portuguese – include how we must dress, how we must behave, and how we must respect the hierarchy of the school during the parade.
- by Lia Timson