FILE PHOTO: Ana-Maria Ciulcu, a Romanian, holds European Union pet passports in Bucharest April 12, 2014. Picture taken April 12, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel/File PhotoBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers backed measures on Tuesday to clamp down on abuse of EU…

FILE PHOTO: A helmet with a logo of Vale SA is seen in a collapsed tailings dam owned by the company, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington AlvesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors said they will file charges…

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FILE PHOTO: Brown coal train lorries of RWE Rheinbraun filled with lignite are transported near the coal power plant of Niederaussem of German utility RWE, west of Cologne, Germany, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File PhotoBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to…