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Chile has pulled out of hosting two major international summits, including a UN climate change conference, as anti-government protests continue.

President Sebastián Piñera said the decision "caused him a lot of pain" but his government needed "to prioritise re-establishing public order".

The COP25 climate summit was scheduled for December, while the Apec trade summit was due next month.

The UN said it was now "exploring alternative hosting options".

Chile's decision comes amid global climate protests, including a week of strikes led by environmental activist Greta Thunberg last month.

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Emergency officials are on the scene of a partial building collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel construction site in New Orleans.

According to EMS officials, one person is dead, three people are missing, and 18 have been taken to an area hospital for treatment. A total of 19 people have been treated so far.

NOLA Ready said the New Orleans Fire Department, New Orleans Emergency Medical Services, and the New Orleans Police Department are responding to the structure collapse at Canal and North Rampart streets.

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About two-thirds of America's birds will be threatened with extinction if global warming tops 5.4 degrees by 2100, according to a report released Thursday from the National Audubon Society, a bird-focused conservation group.

“A lot of people paid attention to last month’s report that North America has lost nearly a third of its birds," said David Yarnold, CEO and president of Audubon. "This new data pivots forward and imagines an even more frightening future. It's a bird emergency."

In all, about 389 out of 604 species are at risk of extinction from climate change. A few of the imperiled species include state birds such as Minnesota's common loon, New Jersey's goldfinch and California's quail.

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As President Donald Trump and his allies attack the whistleblower that kicked off the House's impeachment inquiry, the still unidentified person gained a powerful ally on Tuesday: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley.

The most senior GOP senator has fashioned a career on protecting whistleblowers during presidencies of both parties. And in the middle of one of the most tempestuous political storms in two decades, the seventh-term Iowan is sticking to his position even if it’s at odds with the president himself.

In a Tuesday statement, Grassley moved to stave off attacks and the unmasking of the federal whistleblower who first divulged Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president. Trump and many of his allies in Congress and outside have been working to chip away at the whisleblower’s credibility, calling his complaint “hearsay” and playing down its validity.

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At the center of town, next to the aging stone courthouse, stand several war memorials.

Etched in granite are the names of 93 veterans awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded or killed in 20th century battles. A flag mounted atop fading concrete honors fallen heroes of the USS West Virginia, sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack that brought the country into World War II.

They're similar to monuments in many small towns, a public declaration of the community's patriotism.

Now, they're a reminder of betrayal as authorities investigate about 10 suspicious deaths at the VA hospital a few miles away. Two of those deaths have been ruled homicides.

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Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.

Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. The city’s mayor said the situation was “potentially dangerous and volatile,” and President Donald Trump tweeted “Portland is being watched very closely.”