Deputies approved a bill on Tuesday to streamline environmental licensing procedures for the paving of BR-319, a crucial Amazon highway connecting Manaus (AM) to Porto Velho (RO). The vote, with 311 in favor and 103 against, faced opposition mainly from parties critical of the project, such as PT, PCdoB, PV, PSOL, and Rede. The controversial BR-319 paving project, ongoing for decades and included... 

Illegal migration into Bulgaria has surged to “unprecedented” levels, according to officials. The number of illegal crossings being thwarted by Bulgarian authorities is up 30% since the beginning of the year, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev revealed last week, Novinite reports. “The migrant pressure we are under is unprecedented,” Minister Demerdzhiev said... 

A black male suspect has been arrested in the brutal murder of a 47-year-old white woman on a highway in North Carolina on Thursday, according to reports. Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, NC, has been charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property following the death of Julie Eberly, 47, of Manheim, Pennsylvania. Ms. Eberly was shot as she and her husband traveled... 

Astronomers have discovered a “celestial highway” to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. The development raises the prospect of rapidly sending crafts across vast swathes of space. The extraordinary superhighway network was discovered by an international team of researchers from Serbia and the United States. The routes can transport comets and asteroids nearly... 

Authorities in New York have arrested a 29-year-old man accused of dumping the body of his deceased pregnant girlfriend on the side of a highway in chilling footage. A video released by the NYPD shows a male suspect pull a body from the passenger side of a white coupe parked on the shoulder of a freeway in Bayside, Queens, before climbing back into the driver’s seat. “On October 23rd in the confines... 

A young white couple were executed by a gang of robbers while sitting in their vehicle on a highway outside Johannesburg, South Africa, according to reports. Jessica Kuhn, 23, and Johanco Fleischman, 19, had reportedly run out of fuel and were waiting for a relative to bring a gas can when three men walked up to their truck and began uttering anti-white racial slurs before eventually opening fire... 

Over 6,000 Israelis took part in a rally against police brutality in central Tel Aviv. The demonstration turned violent, with reports of clashes between police and protesters. Some 85 people were arrested throughout the night. ­Israeli media report that violent clashes between police and demonstrators broke out as protesters tried to push past police lines and march from Habima Square to Rabin Square.... 

A Tu-134 passenger plane of RusAir airline crashed in Russia’s Karelia Republic on Monday night. It was originally said that the plane performed a hard landing, although it became clear later that the situation was much more serious. The plane bound for Petrozavodsk from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport was landing in complicated weather conditions – in heavy fog and rain – at 23:40....