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HEALING: A spiritual leader, right, of the Huni Kui Indian tribe blows a herbal powder into the nose of a tribal member during a ceremony outside the village of Novo Segredo along the Envira River of Brazil’s northwestern Acre state. Many indigenous groups live in villages in the Brazilian rainforest near the border with Peru. Picture: REUTERS/LUNAE PARRACHO

Forest rights key to climate change fight

Investors urged to give governments the final push to act, writes Megan Rowling

Fed official warns on tight conditions

William Dudley. Picture: REUTERS/KEITH BEDFORD

New York Fed president says weakening outlook for global economy and further strengthening of dollar may have ‘significant consequences’

First US Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex

Hillsborough County mosquito control drives through a neighborhood spraying against mosquitos in Hillsborough County, Florida on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS/SCOTT AUDETTE

World Health Organisation launches global response unit to fight the mosquito-borne virus

Boys born into poverty face higher joblessness than girls

Once the site of makeshift schools such as this, Juba is starting to rebuild itself — but South Sudan still faces problems such as poverty and corruption. Picture: REUTERS/JOK SOLOMON

Research finds that boys in the bottom quintile of the income distribution are less likely to work than girls, especially when raised by single parents

Yahoo to cut about 15% of its workforce

Picture: REUTERS

Struggling company says it is willing to consider ‘strategic alternatives’ for its core internet business as pressure from impatient shareholders grows

Clinton in for the long haul after Iowa

PRESIDENTIAL PARTNERS: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton embraces her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, after being introduced onto the stage during a campaign rally at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the weekend. Picture: REUTERS

Sanders tie shows voters still have questions, write Margaret Talev, Jennifer Epstein and Mark Niquette

US plans for Nato arsenal a Russian deterrent

Barack Obama. Picture: REUTERS/EVAN VUCCI

Move is aimed at deterring Russia from further aggression in the region

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