UPDATE: Germany plans for tougher local lockdowns to ward off second coronavirus wave

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People entering a train in Hamburg wearing face masks in April during the country-wide shutdown. Photo: DPA Germany’s federal and regional governments on Thursday agreed on tougher, more targeted lockdown measures to contain local outbreaks and ward off the threat … Read More

As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns

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Firefighters in the Brazilian Amazon basin state of Mato Grosso battle a forest blaze in the municipality of Sorriso The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders … Read More