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In Brazil's Cerrado region, Indigenous fire practices reshape wildfire strategy

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Like Indonesia, India's central bank may hike rates to defend its currency

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Understanding Earth's hidden east-west symmetry could improve climate models

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How the USMNT went from embarrassment in Italy to ...

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