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Amazon fires: Macron has to withdraw insults for Brazil to accept anything
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 28 (ANI): Brazil may reject the USD 20 million offer from G7 nations to combat the Amazon fires if French President Emmanuel Macron fails to withdraw his "insults", the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday.
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Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 27 (ANI): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on "France and its colonies".
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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 27 (ANI): World leaders at the G7 summit in France on Monday pledged to spend a total amount of USD 22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.
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Major industrialised nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon forest
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Trump calls Brazil President, offers assistance in tackling Amazon rainfor
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) and offered assistance, if needed, to tackle the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro prepares to send army to fight Amazon fires
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 24 (ANI): Under increasing international pressure to contain the record numbers of fires in the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) said he might send the military to battle the blazes.
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MSME minister Gadkari targets 10 lakh crore turnover through govt. E-comme
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced the launching of a new marketing portal by the Indian government to help the MSME sector in the country and set a target of 10 lakh crore revenue in the next 2-3 ye
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Macron calls for Amazon fires to top G7 summit agenda
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 23 (ANI): Terming fires in the Amazon an "international crisis", French President Emmanuel Macron has said the arsons will be top of the agenda at the G7 Summit.
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E-commerce giant Amazon acquires minority stake in Biyani's Future Coupons
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail has said that e-commerce giant Amazon will pick up 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons Ltd.
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Bose launches Portable Home Speaker with Google Assistant, Alexa support
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], August 22 (ANI): Bose announced on Thursday the Portable Home Speaker that comes with built-in support for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
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B-town concerned over Amazon rainforest blaze
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 22 (ANI): Bollywood celebrities are voicing concerns over the raging fire in the lush rainforests of Amazon, home to a variety of flora and fauna.
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