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‘There’s no water,’ says California farm manager forced to leave fields fallow
By Norma Galeana (Reuters) - Salvador Parra, the manager of Burford Ranch in California's Central Valley agricultural breadbasket, is worried about the lack of water. California's worst drought since ...
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Facebook’s ‘Neighborhoods’ faces crowded niche market, profiling concerns
By Elizabeth Culliford and Moira Warburton (Reuters) - When Facebook began testing its new "Neighborhoods" feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a d...
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German conservatives hope to see off Greens with a modernising message
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives will promise "a decade of modernisation" on Monday in an election programme intended to see o...
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Philippines raises cap on health professionals going abroad
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has increased the number of nurses and healthcare workers allowed to go overseas to 6,500 annually, a senior official said on Friday, amid high demand for its health...
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U.N. decries “further chilling message” for Hong Kong media freedom
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Hong Kong police raid at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily "sends a further chilling message for media freedom", the chief U.N. human rights spokesperson told Reuters on Friday....
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Cathay Pacific expects lower first-half loss on cost savings, cargo flights
(Reuters) - Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Friday that losses in the first half are expected to be "somewhat" lower than what was reported in both halves of last year, due to cost-saving measures ...
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Russia monitoring talk of Turkish military base in Azerbaijan, says Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is closely monitoring developments around a potential Turkish military base in Azerbaijan, a move that could require Russia to take steps to ensure its own security and inter...
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Spain to scrap mandatory outdoor masks from June 26
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain will lift a blanket obligation to wear masks outdoors from June 26, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday. "This weekend will be the last one with masks," Sanchez sai...
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Kremlin says nihilism, low vaccination rate behind fresh COVID-19 surge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday blamed a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections on nihilism among the population, Russia's low vaccination rate and virus mutations, as Moscow reported a record nu...
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Thai tourism set for sluggish reboot as Phuket stutters on ‘sandbox’
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's planned reopening of the resort island Phuket next month to vaccinated visitors, bypassing quarantine requirements, has met a lukewarm response, with ...
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