How the Government Shutdown Could Affect Environmental Agencies

If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’s work and pull workers from maintaining national parks.

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The High Stakes of the U.N. Climate Talks

At a Climate Forward Live event, André Corrêa do Lago, the head of the United Nations climate negotiations this year, about the United States’ evolving role in the discussions.

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Soybeans Were America’s Biggest Export to China. Now, Sales Are Down to Zero.

China stopped buying soybeans from America in May, placing a retaliatory tariff on the bumper crop after President Trump increased levies on goods from China.

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At the UN, Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private

At the United Nations, world leaders got to see both sides of President Trump: bellicose in public and far more conciliatory in private.

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Small Plane Crashes in Brazil, Killing Chinese Architect

Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.

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Trump Strikes Softer Tone on Brazil, Following a Scathing Lula Speech

President Trump said he encountered the Brazilian president at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and they briefly embraced. He said the two would meet next week.

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A Tariff Headache for New York’s Coffee Shops

The price of coffee has soared by nearly 21 percent, partly because of tariffs. Still, cafes are reluctant to charge more for a latte.

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Could TikTok Help Bring Trump and Xi Together?

President Trump is set to speak with the Chinese leader on Friday to discuss the app’s future, signaling a potential thaw between the two men.

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After Bolsonaro’s Conviction, Brazil Already Considers His Amnesty

Brazil’s top court sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison. The nation’s Congress is already debating how to free him.

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Hermeto Pascoal, Prolific Brazilian Composer, Dies at 89

A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, he rose from a childhood of rural privation to become a favorite of jazz musicians and audiences around the world.

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