Fire destroys Brazil museum, chaos and violence in Libya and trivia from the Economist

Fire destroys Brazil museum, chaos and violence in Libya and trivia from the Economist

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Some 200 years of history go up in smoke when a fire engulfs Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro — that’s where we start today. Also, US funding cuts for a UN refugee agency could have a lasting impact on Palestinians in Gaza. Plus, how a linguistic anthropologist created a new language for a Hollywood movie.