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Fire Destroys National Museum of Brazil

Brazil’s National Museum gutted by blaze.

A fire has destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Also: two journalists are sentenced to seven-year prison sentences in Myanmar; Will the next generation be happy with implanting smartphone technology into their bodies?

(Image: A police officer in front of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on 2nd September 2018. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images)

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