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Switzerland and the United States have donated $8.4 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help stop deforestation and preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) that manages the fund said on Tuesday.
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Belize to launch project to make biofuel from seaweed clogging Caribbean coasts Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed swamping its pristine beaches into biofuel, its prime minister said in a statement published by regional Caribbean bloc CARICOM on Tuesday.
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- EnvironmentTropical Storm Philippe brings flash flooding to Eastern Caribbean
Tropical Storm Philippe churned further northwest across the Caribbean on Tuesday, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center said as it forecast strong winds and heavy rain over Anguilla and elsewhere in the Leeward Islands.
- WorldTwo earthquakes rattle Nepal, injuring 17, triggering landslides
Two earthquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, authorities said.
- WorldTaiwan braces for typhoon Koinu, torrential rain expected
Taiwan issued a land warning on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Koinu which is expected to bring heavy rain and winds to large parts of the island's south and east.
- WorldMalaysia prepares to make rain, close schools as haze worsens
Malaysia will try to make rain by seeding clouds and prepare to shut schools as the quality of air in various places deteriorates, the Department of Environment said, raising fears of a new round of pollution from forest fires.
