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UK fines water co Severn Trent 1.5 million pounds for sewage discharges
(Reuters) - Water company Severn Trent has been fined 1.5 million pounds ($1.98 million) for illegal sewage discharges, Britain's Environment Agency said on Wednesday, after the country launched a maj...
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Kuwait detects first case of Omicron variant
(Reuters) - Kuwait has detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, state news agency KUNA reported on Wednesday. The variant was detected in a European traveller who arrived in ...
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ECB should maintain sequence of future policy moves: Schnabel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should not change the sequence of its future policy moves, even if that risks pushing up government borrowing costs, but may need a backstop to prevent ...
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Libyan political body calls for election delay as disputes grow
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan political body on Wednesday called for a Dec. 24 presidential election to be delayed to February amid growing jostling over the rules and legal basis of a vote aimed at en...
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Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki freed pending trial
CAIRO (Reuters) - Patrick Zaki, an Egyptian rights researcher arrested last year on a trip home from Italy, was released from detention in Egypt on Wednesday pending the resumption of his trial on cha...
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In France, Afghan refugee photographs journeys of fellow migrants
By Pascal Rossignol LOON-PLAGE, France (Reuters) - Afghan refugee Abdul Saboor began photographing the lives of migrants as he made his own arduous journey to Western Europe, determined to portray the...
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Brazil soccer legend Pele hospitalized again to treat colon tumor
(Reuters) - Brazilian soccer legend Pele was hospitalized to undergo treatment for a colon tumor, Sao Paulo's Hospital Albert Einstein said on Wednesday, adding that he is in stable condition and shou...
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AI video avatar platform Synthesia raises $50 million in venture capital
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Synthesia, a London-based artificial intelligence startup that creates video avatars of real people, said on Wednesday it raised $50 million from Silicon Valley venture ...
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Zelenskiy welcomes Biden’s ‘personal role’ on peace in eastern Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's "personal role" in trying to attain peace in eastern Ukraine, in his first comments after Bide...
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YouTube stays on Roku devices as companies strike multi-year deal
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - YouTube and Roku Inc announced on Wednesday a multi-year pact to end a battle that dragged for months over accusations of anti-competitive conduct and threatened to strip th...
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