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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 107, says civil defense
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil has climbed to 107, local civil defense said on Thur...
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'Dead Poets Society' film director Peter Weir to receive Venice career prize
ROME (Reuters) - Peter Weir, the Australian director of "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show", will ...
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Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests loom
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take p...
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Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to...
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Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas developme...
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Meet the British wrestling collective with 'queer joy' at its core
LONDON (Reuters) - Think fishnet tights, silver hot pants and long false eyelashes, then add in bodies bouncing off ropes and...
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Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimas...
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44-foot whale carcass on bow of cruise ship baffles NY authorities
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Marine conservationists and government scientists are seeking clues to the mystery of how a 44-fo...
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More Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets
By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in...
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US FAA delaying start of new air traffic control rest requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is delaying requiring air traffic controller...
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Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, w...
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House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an eff...
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Exclusive-In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud
By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire frau...
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Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benc...
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Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charg...
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Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
By Clark Mindock and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems fro...
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Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wedn...
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Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters ...
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Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regula...
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US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum...
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