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Thai lawmakers debate long-awaited legislation on torture, abductions
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay and civil society outrage over alleged ...
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Factbox – Over 118,000 customers in Texas still without power from Storm Nicholas
(Reuters) - More than 118,000 homes and businesses in Texas were still without power Wednesday morning, as utilities restored service much faster than the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicholas caused ne...
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Brazil’s Gol to receive $200 million from American Airlines as codeshare agreement upgraded
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Gol announced an exclusive codeshare agreement with American Airlines valid for three years, adding it will receive a $200 million equity investment as part of ...
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Kazakhstan moves to restrict foreign social media usage
NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday requiring owners of foreign social media and messaging apps to set up offices in the country or risk being blocked as part o...
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Germany’s hydrogen dream needs gas for transition, industry says
By Vera Eckert BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs natural gas in its energy mix while it develops a market for so-called "green" hydrogen based on renewable power, the boss of Wintershall said on Wednes...
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‘It’s not ethical’: a French hospital worker’s anger at suspension over vaccine
By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - Vanessa Perotti's day at work was brief on Wednesday, lasting long enough for the medical secretary to be handed notice of her indefinite suspension because she refus...
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U.S.-Israeli fintech Pagaya to go public via $8.5 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) -Israeli fintech Pagaya on Wednesday agreed to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company EJF Acquisition Corp in a deal with an enterprise value of $8.5 billion. Th...
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Italy to make COVID ‘Green Pass’ mandatory for workers – minister
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is to make a COVID-19 "Green Pass" mandatory for public and private sector workers, a minister said on Wednesday, becoming the first European country to do so as it tries to acc...
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Bulgarian president calls Nov 14 snap election
SOFIA (Reuters) -President Rumen Radev has called Bulgaria's third parliamentary election this year for Nov. 14 after inconclusive polls in April and July failed to produce a government, the president...
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Rwandan conservationist helps to save hundreds of cranes
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A tall grey crowned crane with an injured leg struts through a bird sanctuary in the Rwandan capital Kigali. The Umusambi Village has rescued more than 200 cranes from captivity ov...
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