Tombador Iron halts Brazil mine due to unrest
Protests have erupted in Brazil as supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro try prompting a military coup to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Australia deploys more experts, equipment to search for lost radioactive capsule
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