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Left behind in modern Peru, rural poor find a voice ahead of election
By Marcelo Rochabrun PUNA, Peru (Reuters) - When Luceli Banda Medina, 21, the first woman in her family to read and write, left the poor, isolated northern Peruvian village of Puna to study nursing, s...
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U.S. federal judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons on Friday, describing it as a "failed experiment" and prompting scathing criticism from th...
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Turkish air strike kills at least three in refugee camp inside Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq housing thousands of Kurdish refugees from Turkey, ...
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Putin says U.S. threats smack of Soviet Union’s fatal mistakes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States was wrong to think that it is "powerful enough" to get away with threatening other countries, a mistake, he said, that led to...
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India to Twitter: Comply with IT rules or face ‘unintended consequences’
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has told Twitter Inc it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face "unintended consequences" according to a copy of an official letter se...
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Tennis-American Stephens ousts 18th seed Muchova to reach fourth round
PARIS (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens overcame an attacking Karolina Muchova at the French Open on Saturday, ousting the Czech 18th seed with a 6-3 7-5 victory and progressing to...
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U.S. encouraged by progress toward vaccine patent waiver
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Progress is being made towards a deal on an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. Trade Representative Kat...
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Factbox-G7 agreements on tax, climate and recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich nations agreed on Saturday to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% on a country by country basis. Below are the details of the agreement,...
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G7 backs making climate risk disclosure mandatory
LONDON (Reuters) - Group of Seven (G7) rich countries backed moves to force banks and companies to disclose their exposure to climate-related risks on Saturday, a measure seen as vital to efforts to s...
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‘Unimaginable’ for Austria’s Kurz to stay on if convicted, vice chancellor says
VIENNA (Reuters) - It would be "unimaginable" for Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to stay in office if convicted of perjury, the country's vice chancellor and leader of the Greens, Werner Kogler, s...
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