U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his address Tuesday at the 74th United Nations General Assembly, striking a patriotic tone and encouraging citizens around the world to love their country and reject globalism.

World leaders are preparing to gather at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York City, where they are expected to discuss plans to drastically reduce carbon emissions over the next 30 years.

A group of seven South American nations have joined a pact to guard the Amazon rain forest, which has been charred this summer by tens of thousands of wildfires -- including new blazes in Bolivia.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a nationwide burn ban for the next two months as the country deals with large-scale wildfires in the Amazon rain forest.

The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split among religious groups in Brazil.

The Brazilian government has decided to accept $20 million in foreign aid to fight nearly 2,000 fires burning in the Amazon rain forest, after initially refusing the help.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he would only consider a $20 million offer from the G7 to help fight wildfires in the Amazon if French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes to him for comments he found insulting.

U.S.-based environmental organization Earth Alliance pledged $5 million Sunday to combat the fires in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday deployed troops to combat fires consuming millions of acres of the Amazon rainforest.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro condemned his French counterpart's suggestion for the Group of 7 nations to discuss the Amazon wildfires as "colonialist" as no country in the Amazon basin would be present.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, data from international space agencies indicate.

President Donald Trump has officially designated Brazil as a major non-NATO ally, making good on a promise he made to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro four months ago.

A prison riot in the northern Brazilian state of Para left 52 people dead Monday, including 16 people who were decapitated, authorities said.

Armed gold miners in Brazil attacked an indigenous village in the Amazon this week, killing the group's leader and forcing members of the community to flee their homes, police said.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his team had nothing to do with the trafficking of cocaine by a Brazilian Air Force sergeant on a plane bound for the G-20 summit in Japan, calling the act "unacceptable."