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Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's congress could strip the ministries of environment and Indigenous peoples of key functions, their heads warned Wednesday.

Hong Kong (AFP) - Most Asian equities sank Thursday on fears of a US default as the struggle to hammer out a debt deal led Fitch to warn the country's gold-plated credit rating was at risk.

Sydney (AFP) - Tom Robertson's World Cup dream ended on Thursday after a knee injury but fellow Wallabies Izack Rodda and Hunter Paisami will return this weekend from long-term layoffs.

Los Angeles (AFP) - South Korea's Ji Eun-hee kicked off her LPGA Match-Play title defense with a 3amp;2 victory over Matilda Castren on Wednesday as top-seeded Lilia Vu surged late for a win.

Hazano (Syria) (AFP) - One cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at the doorstep of the village mosque just hours after she was born.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A United Nations-backed conference raised $2.4 billion Wednesday to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa, which is reeling from its worst drought in decades as global temperatures rise.

Los Angeles (AFP) - A typhoon that slammed into Guam, knocking out power and flooding buildings with a powerful storm surge, was moving away Thursday -- leaving residents of the US Pacific Ocean territory to survey the damage.

Washington (AFP) - Florida governor Ron DeSantis's long-awaited entry into the 2024 presidential campaign descended into a fiasco on Wednesday as the opening of the live Twitter event intended to announce his candidacy was derailed by glitches.

Washington (AFP) - Ratings agency Fitch put the United States on notice Wednesday that its perfect credit rating could be jeopardized if the White House and Republican opposition fail to overcome their impasse on raising the nation's borrowing limit, a week before a key deadline.