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Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade -U.N. climate report
By Jake Spring (Reuters) - Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have al...
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Key takeaways from the U.N. climate panel’s report
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel has released its most comprehensive assessment https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 of climate change yet. Here are some of the report's main conclusi...
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Germany drops probe of former Deutsche Bank board member over Wirecard
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German prosecutors have dropped an investigation of former Deutsche Bank supervisory board member Alexander Schuetz for alleged insider trading of Wirecard shares, a Stuttgart st...
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Hundreds of Philippine hospitals near full capacity as virus cases surge
MANILA (Reuters) - Nearly a fifth of hospitals in the Philippines are close to full capacity as a surge in COVID-19 infections, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus, spreads acro...
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Russia expands military construction plans on Kuril islands – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to build 51 more pieces of military infrastructure on the Kuril islands, the state TASS news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying on Monday. Part of the ch...
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MLB roundup: Phillies’ Zack Wheeler pitches 2-hit shutout
Zack Wheeler tossed a complete-game, two-hit shutout against his former team as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 3-0 on Sunday, completing a series sweep. Wheeler (10-6) continued ...
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Indonesia president to review virus curbs as regional cases surge
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president is due to discuss on Monday the extension of cornavirus restrictions in the world's largest archipelago, as health ministry data showed infections have plunge...
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Private equity firms revise China strategy as regulatory crackdown widens
By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Private equity firms are rethinking their strategies in China as a widening regulatory crackdown on some of the country's hottest sectors forces investor...
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Virus-free New Zealand plans border reopening amid labour shortage
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
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India top court says antitrust probe of Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart should continue
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Monday said an antitrust investigation into business practices of Amazon.com Inc and Walmart's Flipkart must continue, rejecting demands of the two e-com...
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