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Frosts hit agricultural areas in Brazil’s Parana and Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Frosts hit agricultural regions of Brazilian states like Paran and Mato Grosso do Sul on Tuesday, signaling further potential losses for corn crops. In a note t...
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South Korea holds drill in Seoul to prepare for drone attacks
By Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A drone spraying red and yellow chemicals was taken down by South Korea special forces on Tuesday as they conducted a drill in Seoul to prepare for any attack as grow...
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Britain expects agreement soon to ease EU ‘sausage row’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expects to reach agreement soon with the European Union on extending exemptions on customs checks on chilled meat shipments to Northern Ireland, a spokesman for Prime Minist...
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Oil edges up as demand hopes overshadow rise of COVID-19 variant
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices reversed earlier losses to stand slightly higher on Tuesday as broad hopes for a demand recovery persisted despite new outbreaks of the highly contagious...
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Tigray forces will pursue ‘enemy’ forces into Eritrea and Amhara region, spokesman says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tigrayan forces battling Ethiopia's government will enter neighbouring Eritrea and Ethiopia's Amhara region to pursue "enemy" forces if it is required, a spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Caixabank offers to limit job losses to 6,750 as staff strike
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank said it has offered to reduce its proposed job cuts by more than 1,500 to 6,750 as thousands of staff took part in another one-day strike on Tuesday. Employees als...
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Togo culls birds, quarantines area following avian flu outbreak
LOME (Reuters) - Togo has culled hundreds of birds, quarantined a poultry farm, closed a local bird market and banned the movement of poultry following an avian flu outbreak, the government said in a ...
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Ireland to limit indoor bar, restaurant service to vaccinated people
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to restrict indoor dining in bars and restaurants to those who are fully vaccinated or who have previously been infected by COVID-19, Prime Minister Micheal Martin announ...
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Cycling-Tour riders halt race briefly to protest for safer conditions
REDON, France - The Tour de France riders put their collective foot down one kilometre into the fourth stage on Tuesday - literally - bringing the race to a halt for about a minute in a silent protest...
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Former journalist at Hong Kong’s Apple Daily released on bail
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former senior journalist at Hong Kong's now-closed pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was released from custody on Tuesday, two days after he was arrested at the airport, medi...
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