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Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time on record
By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet alread...
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Biden plans to nominate Rahm Emanuel to be Japan ambassador -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Rahm Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff and a former mayor of Chicago, to be ambassador to Japan, the White house said in a ...
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In shift, Biden taps career diplomat, not politician, for ambassador to China
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, the White House said on Friday, signaling ...
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Moderna mandates COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. employees
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Friday it will require COVID-19 vaccination for all its employees in the United States from October. Rival coronavirus vaccine maker Pfizer Inc had earlier this month ha...
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U.S. evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday – Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military aircraft conducting evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday, the Pentagon said. Army Major General William Taylor, with the U.S. military's Jo...
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Florida Board of Education gives school districts ultimatum on masks
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - The Florida Board of Education on Friday told two school districts they would have some of their state funding withheld if they failed within the next 48 hours to provide ...
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U.S. administers 360.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 360,634,287 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 426,106,115 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
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‘The sinister attracted me’: Brazilian tattoo artist morphs into devil look-alike
By Pablo Leite Garcia SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian tattoo artist Michel Faro Prado has taken body modification to a new level by transforming himself into a devil look-alike. Prado, known on social...
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U.S. EPA to recommend higher biofuel mandates for 2022 than 2021, 2020 – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to recommend to the White House higher biofuel blending mandates for 2022 than for 2021 and 2020, two sources familiar with th...
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Karlovy Vary film festival opens with award for Caine
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Stars returned to the Czech town of Karlovy Vary for its annual film festival for the first time in over two years on Friday, as central and eastern Europe's l...
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