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Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR
DOUALA (Reuters) - Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this month, with 19 villages torched, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday. Some 11,000...
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London commuters warned of transport misery if strike goes ahead
LONDON (Reuters) - London's transport operator warned customers on Thursday that strike action next week may go ahead causing disruption across the underground network. The walkout is planned between ...
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Afghan refugee in Indonesia fears for family after Taliban takeover
By Heru Asprihanto CIAWI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Despite leaving Afghanistan at the age of five, the country where Azis was born always holds a special place in his heart. When Taliban forces took cont...
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Futures slide on taper, growth fears; oil slump hits energy stocks
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday on concerns the Federal Reserve could begin to rein in its massive monetary stimulus, while energy stocks tracked a slide ...
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Swiss can easily afford net zero transition with 2% GDP outlay – study
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland only needs to invest 2% of its gross domestic product annually over the next three decades to become carbon neutral by 2050, a banking study pu...
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Indian states preparing for next COVID wave focus on children
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to concern that children returning to school without being vaccinate...
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Athletics-Already crowned ‘the greatest’, Felix takes a victory lap
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allyson Felix isn't done just yet. Just two weeks after she picked up gold in the 4X400m relay in Tokyo, her second of two medals from the 2020 Games to become the ...
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Robinhood tumbles 12% after warning of slowdown in retail trading
(Reuters) - Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc tumbled 12% on Thursday, after the owner of the popular trading app warned that the trading frenzy among small-time investors that boosted its second-quarte...
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NHC says hurricane Grace makes landfall along Eastern Yucatan Peninsula
(Reuters) - Category 1 hurricane Grace made landfall along the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, near Tulum, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Thursday. Grace ...
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U.S. states rush to meet deadline to join $26 billion opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. states are racing to meet a deadline to commit to a $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, as some grapple wit...
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