Key words : share the Amazon
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Leaders of seven countries that share the Amazon have agreed to take greater steps to battle fires raging in the world's biggest rainforest.
The leaders held an emergency meeting in Colombia to discuss the massive fires in the Amazon, often referred to as "the lungs of the planet."
They spoke with representatives of indigenous communities from the Colombian Amazon, and debated ways to better protect the rainforest. One idea agreed on involves setting up an information-sharing framework.
The meeting came against a backdrop of global anger over the surge in fires in the Amazon, which some fear could accelerate climate change.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro participated via videoconference.
He lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron, who has expressed concern about the impact of the forest fires. Bolsonaro accused Macron of interfering in Brazil's domestic affairs.
The next meeting of the leaders is scheduled for December to coincide with the UN climate change conference, COP25, in Chile.
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research says the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon is increasing at a record pace. It says that the figure for August was almost triple that of the previous year.
It's believed that in Brazil alone, about 44,000 square kilometers of land has been lost to the latest fires.
Key words : proposal
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Japan's proposal to expand catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna has failed at an international meeting due to opposition from the United States.
Countries and territories wrapped up talks on the issue in the US city of Portland on Friday.
Japan sought an increase of up to 15 percent in its national quotas, citing a recovery in stocks. But the US argued that bluefin tuna stocks remain low and it is too early to relax restrictions.
Tokyo's also proposed an increase in quotas at last year's meeting, but failed to get sufficient support.
Despite the setback, Japan will be granted an additional allowance of 300 tons for large tuna weighing 30 kilograms or more next year, as part of a transfer from Taiwan's quota.
Participants also agreed for next year to increase the limit on the unused portion of a quota that can be carried over from 5 percent to 17 percent.
Japan's Fisheries Agency says the meeting brought progress on some matters, such as the quota transfer from Taiwan.
But the agency said it is regrettable that Japan's proposal for an increase in quotas was turned down.
Japan plans to present scientific evidence of the recovery in the fish's stocks at next year's meeting as part of a new request to expand catch quotas.
Key words : passenger train resumed
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The operator of a passenger train involved in a deadly collision with a truck in Yokohama, near Tokyo, has resumed some of the services it suspended after the incident on Thursday.
Workers for railway operator Keikyu Corporation removed the wrecked train cars and truck by 5 a.m. on Saturday.
The operator also checked the power system and conducted a test run before resuming partial operations in the afternoon.
The express train slammed into a large truck stranded on a rail crossing near Kanagawa-shimmachi Station on the Keikyu Line two days ago.
The first three carriages of the eight-car train derailed.
The 67-year-old driver of the truck died and 35 people were injured.
Key words : antitrust facebook
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New York's attorney general has announced the launch of an antitrust probe of social media giant Facebook.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday she will lead a bipartisan investigation to determine whether Facebook's actions endangered consumer data and increased the price of advertising.
The probe will focus on the firm's dominance in the industry and any potential anticompetitive conduct stemming from its power.
The attorney generals of seven other states, including Colorado and Florida, and authorities in Washington will also take part.
The US Justice Department in July started an investigation into possible antitrust violations by big tech firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. The four are collectively known as GAFA.
The latest development means Facebook now faces scrutiny at state and federal levels.
Key words : researchers scrap
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A US think tank says North Korea will have to scrap undeclared missile bases if it is to fulfill requirements for complete denuclearization.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies published an analysis of one of the bases on Friday. It is located in Kumchon-ni in the eastern province of Gangwon.
The CSIS said satellite imagery taken in July shows what are believed to be the headquarters compound and entrances to underground facilities.
The researchers say hillside vegetation makes it difficult to identify the entrances, and that mobile launchers are stored underground.
The facility is reportedly home to a unit equipped with medium-range ballistic missiles capable of striking half of Japan.
The CSIS believes the North currently maintains about 20 undeclared bases.
Key words : India lost land on
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India's space agency says it has lost contact with the lander of unmanned lunar probe, Chandrayaan-2.
Officials at the Indian Space Research Organization say communication was lost when the Vikram lander was about 2.1 kilometers from the surface of the moon.
They say it had been scheduled to land on the moon's south polar region before 20:30 UTC on Friday after separating from the spacecraft.
Water is said to exist in the form of ice in the moon's south polar region. It could likely be used as a source of oxygen for humans, and as a source of hydrogen to fuel spacecraft.
Key words : Michiko
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Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko has been admitted to hospital to undergo surgery for breast cancer.
The Empress Emerita left the Imperial Palace by car for the University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday morning.
She was welcomed by the hospital chief on her arrival. She nodded to journalists and headed for her room.
She will go through checkups and treatments for her surgery on Saturday.
A health checkup in July revealed a tumorous lump in the mammary gland of her left breast.
The diagnosis was stage one cancer that does not appear to have spread.
Surgeons from the hospital and the Shizuoka Cancer Center will remove the tumor on Sunday. It is expected to take about four hours under general anesthesia.
The 84-year-old Empress Emerita was last hospitalized in 1997 to undergo treatment for a severe headache and fever which are believed to have been linked to shingles.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito is scheduled to visit the hospital on Sunday.
The Empress Emerita is expected to leave the hospital in several days.
Key words : typhoon Ogasawara strong wind
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Japanese weather officials say a typhoon is approaching the Ogasawara Islands, southeast of Tokyo.
The meteorological agency says Typhoon Faxai was moving northwest on Saturday at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour about 200 kilometers east of Chichijima Island, one of the Ogasawara Islands.
The typhoon is packing winds of up to 126 kilometers an hour near its center. Gusts are expected to reach 180 kilometers per hour.
The storm is expected to come close to the Kanto region, including Tokyo and its surrounding areas, from Sunday evening through Monday while maintaining its intensity.
The agency is warning people in the path of the typhoon to expect strong winds, heavy rain and rough seas.
Key words : typhoon linglin
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Typhoon Lingling may bring heavy rains to wide areas of western Japan. Weather officials are advising people to be on the alert for possible disasters.
Japan's Meteorological Agency said on early Saturday morning that the typhoon was close to the Korean Peninsula after travelling west of Japan's Kyushu region.
Agency officials say parts of western Japan could be hit with more than 50 millimeters of hourly rainfall on Saturday.
For the 24 hours until Sunday morning, rainfall of up to 150 millimeters is forecast for the Shikoku region and the northern part of the Kyushu region, and up to 100 millimeters for the southern part of Kyushu, and the whole of the Okinawa region.
Warnings have been issued for possible landslides, flooding, swollen rivers, lightning strikes, violent winds and high waves.
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