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G7 Countries Donating $22 Million to Fight Amazon Wildfires

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   World leaders at the G7 summit in France committed an immediate $22
   million on Monday to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon countries
   in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.

   French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, and Chilean
   President Sebastian Pinera, a visitor at the summit, said that the
   rainforest now being ravaged by the fires represents the "lungs" of the
   planet for its role in absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.

   Macron said France within hours would provide military support in the
   region to fight the fires.

   Macron and Pinera said the G7 countries - the United States, Britain,
   Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and France - were studying the
   possibility of similar aid to support Africa to fight wildfires in its
   rainforests.

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