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The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, fueling drought and record wildfires across South America, experts have said.

The world's biggest jungle, spanning nine countries, is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its ability to absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

NEW YORK - Serbian FM Marko Djuric has signed a joint communique with Guyanese counterpart Hugh Hilton Todd on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Guyana.

The communique was signed on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly session in New York.

NEW YORK - A debate requested by Russia to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has again failed to make it to the UN Security Council agenda after six of 15 members of the top UN body voted in favour and nine abstained on Thursday.

Russia, China, Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Mozambique voted for the request.

NEW YORK - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in New York on Monday Serbia was disappointed that the truth about the 1999 NATO aggression on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) had been silenced in the UN Security Council.

In a move likely to escalate tensions with neighboring Guyana, Venezuela's lawmakers, aligned with President Nicolas Maduro's government, have passed legislation to establish a new state within the disputed Essequibo region. The decision comes amidst a longstanding territorial dispute between the two nations, with the legal case pending in the UN International Court of Justice.

Haiti's prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention.

By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. Instead, a punishing drought has kept the rains at bay, creating dry conditions for fires that have engulfed hundreds of square miles of the rainforest that do not usually burn.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will address a special UNSC session on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija in New York on Thursday, the presidential press office has announced.

Serbia will be represented at the session by President Aleksandar Vui.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday an urgent UNSC session on Kosovo-Metohija, scheduled for Thursday, would be one of the most significant political events at this time and an opportunity for Serbia's arguments to be heard.

Serbia will be represented by President Aleksandar Vucic.