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Ten years after Brazil mine disaster, pollution persists
Ten years after Brazil mine disaster, pollution persists
Economy
by  AFP

A decade after a dam collapsed in Brazil, sending a deluge of toxic mud into villages and waterways, residents complain of an inadequate cleanup and compensation by international mining firms. BHP maintains that the compensation agreement it reached last year in Brazil -- worth around $31 billion -- provides a resolution.

US House close to final vote on Trump tax bill
US House close to final vote on Trump tax bill
Economy
by  AFP

US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill for Thursday morning after bruising Republican infighting nearly derailed the centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda. Johnson has to negotiate tight margins, and can likely only lose three lawmakers in the final vote, among more than two dozen who had declared themselves open to rejecting Trump's bill.