| Greetings, TicToc readers! End your day smarter with our Wednesday debrief: But first...  The 'lungs of the planet' are on fire Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. Some 72,843 fires have been reported in the country this year, an 84% increase since 2018, according to the National Institute for Space Research. On Wednesday, President Jair Bolsonaro, whose pro-industry environmental policies have come under intense international scrutiny, tried to deflect the blame and said environmental groups had "initiated" the fires "to bring problems to Brazil." When pressed, the far-right, climate change skeptic, offered no evidence for his claim. The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest and produces 20% of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. Brazil has had drier than normal conditions this year, and meteorologists say relief may not come until the rainy season starts in December. Highly quotable "Nasty." After he scrapped his trip to Denmark, Trump slammed the country's PM who called his idea to buy Greenland "absurd." "In the next 30 days." Germany's Angela Merkel challenged U.K. PM Boris Johnson to find a new plan to avert a no-deal Brexit within a month. "A vivid symbol of white supremacy." A South Africa court ruled the display of the country's apartheid-era flag constitutes hate speech. $ignificant figures $1 trillion. How much the U.S. budget deficit is projected to swell by FY 2020, two years earlier than estimated, for the first time since 2012. 500 kilos. How much ketamine, along with three tons of cocaine, Malaysia seized in what is believed to be the country's biggest drug haul ever. 500. The age of a mummy of an Incan girl that was returned to its native Bolivia 129 years after it was donated to Michigan State University.  What's good There's a robot for everyone. From bionic birds and fish to mechanical arms that play the piano and perform brain surgery, the motley crew of cyborgs at this year's World Robot Conference in Beijing will have you dreaming of a future smarter than you ever thought possible.  Like what you're reading? Tell your friends to sign up. And watch your inbox for our next newsletter tomorrow.
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