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US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections
(Reuters) - The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising con...
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Kenya flood toll rises to 179 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 179 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced ...
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Heavy rains kill 8 in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul, affect over 100 cities
(Reuters) - Eight people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul...
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Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote to oust US House Speaker Johnson
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative f...
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Parts of India record hottest April as heatwave kills nine
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of th...
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US private payrolls beat expectations in April
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in April while data for the prior month was revised ...
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UnitedHealth CEO testifies on hack before U.S. Senate and House
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty began his first of two scheduled testimonies in front...
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Police move in to quell clashes at Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus protest
By David Swanson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Violent clashes erupted early on Wednesday morning on the campus of the University o...
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Harvey Weinstein expected in New York court after rape conviction overturned
By Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein is due to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday for ...
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Most Americans see TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - - A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape ...
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US surgeon in Gaza: nothing prepared me for scale of injuries
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO(Reuters) - A U.S. vascular surgeon who left Gaza after a stint as a volunteer said on Wednesday no...
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Arizona Senate expected to vote on 1864 abortion ban repeal
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The Arizona Senate is expected to vote on Wednesday on a measure to repeal the state's 1864 ban on...
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For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
By Dilara Senkaya and Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when ...
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Paul Auster, US author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
(Reuters) - U.S. novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tues...
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Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on...
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El Nino, water management issues blamed for snarling Panama Canal
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that ...
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Australia grants feasibility licences for offshore wind farms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms ...
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Extreme heat is closing schools, widening learning gaps worldwide
By Gloria Dickie and Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies th...
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California's population grew in 2023 for first time since 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The population of California grew last year for the first time since 2020, thanks to a drop in mortal...
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Instant view: Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious federal crime, taking a step to...
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