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France’s pension reform cannot go ahead as planned – Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's planned reform of the pension system cannot go ahead as planned in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, he said on Thursday, retreating on one of the s...
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Rohingya Muslim refugees ‘injured in protests’ on isolated island during UNHCR visit
By Zeba Siddiqui and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, angry at living conditions on a remote Bangladeshi island, suffered baton injuries as they protested against...
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G7 must donate COVID shots to avoid 1918-scale pandemic disaster -CEPI chief
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations must donate COVID-19 shots urgently to avoid an outcome akin to the 1918 flu which killed 50 million people, the he...
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BlackBerry shares soar as trading volume surges
(Reuters) - U.S. shares in BlackBerry were up 18.0% on Thursday on track for its sixth straight day of gains and the stock was the second most heavily traded on U.S. exchanges as individual investors ...
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Southeast Asian envoys arrive in Myanmar, local news agency says
(Reuters) - Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrived in Myanmar on Thursday ahead of planned meetings with the military junta on ending turmoil since the Feb. 1 coup, the...
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Concern over wildlife halts building of Norway-Poland gas link
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Concern over the impact on protected mice and bat species has halted construction in Denmark of Baltic Pipe, a pipeline connecting Poland with Norwegian gas fields, Danish grid o...
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Biden to meet with UK’s Johnson, Turkey’s Erdogan in overseas trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan during his first overseas trip for NATO and European Union meetings ...
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Two die after building collapse in Rio neighborhood
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A residential building in a working class part of Rio de Janeiro collapsed on Thursday, killing at least two people and underlining the precarious stat...
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Nightlife reopening plan too slow for some Spanish regions, too loose for others
MADRID (Reuters) - Several Spanish regions on Thursday slammed a national plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions on clubs and bars based on infection rates either because it is too slow or too loose, high...
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Exclusive: Boeing offers new 777X freighter as Qatar eyes order, airline says
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Qatar Airways is weighing a multibillion-dollar investment with a potential order for 30 or more freighters, attracting interest from Boeing, which has begun offering...
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