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Are Germany’s new climate plans realistic?
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German government, to be sworn in on Wednesday, has presented plans to step up climate protection efforts entailing far-reaching reforms for the utility sector...
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Minister says Nigeria had only weeks to use some donated vaccines
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria's health minister said on Wednesday some COVID-19 doses donated by rich Western countries had a shelf life that left only weeks to administer the shots. Osagie...
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Analysis: In Honduras, first woman president faces tough fight on abortion
By Anna-Catherine Brigada TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Xiomara Castro has made history as the first woman to be elected president of Honduras - now she faces another battle to ease the country's strict ban...
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Olympics-South Korean panel finds no evidence of wrongdoing by short track champion Shim
By Cynthia Kim and Dae-Woung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - The Korea Skating Union could not find any evidence of wrongdoing by double Olympic short track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee and said a further sports...
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U.S. Supreme Court again tackles public funding for religious schools
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear a challenge by two Christian families to a Maine tuition assistance program that excludes private schools that promote re...
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Opening statements begin in trial of Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist in April, triggering protests against police brutality, will go on trial on Wednesday as opening...
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Amazon’s trucking ambitions bump up against driver shortage, competition
By Lisa Baertlein and Richa Naidu LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's push to recruit big-rig contractors to haul goods across its web of warehouses is colliding with a trucker shortage a...
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial enters eighth day, testimony of fourth victim expected soon
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial entered its eighth day on Wednesday, after jurors heard testimony from three women who said they were teenagers when the British so...
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Analysis: Omicron is a wake-up call for COVID-19 vaccine developers
By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Arrival of the highly-mutated Omicron variant is a wake-up call to develop vaccines less susceptible to the rapid changes of the coronavirus, leading virologists and i...
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Olympics-Canada forecast to beat U.S. medals tally for second straight Winter Games
(Reuters) - Canada will finish above the United States in the medals table for a second successive Winter Olympics thanks in part to the recent performances of their short track speed skaters, accordi...
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