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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant was detected in small but growing numbers, WHO/Europe …

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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said the resilience of Ukraine’s forces fighting off waves of attacks in the eastern region of Donbas had helped the country win time and gain strength. “Thanks to the resilience of our soldiers in Soledar, we have won for Ukraine additional time and additional strength for Ukraine,” Zelenskiy …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday his cabinet will approve on Tuesday a new decree to regulate the first four out of 11 green hydrogen projects to be carried out in the country. In a speech in Madrid, Sanchez said his government will approve a 74 million-euro ($79.12 million) initial …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday condemned the storming of key government buildings in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the coordinated invasion represented an attack on democracy and cannot be tolerated. “The violent attacks on democratic institutions are an attack on democracy that cannot be tolerated,” said Scholz …

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By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The United States has a Jair Bolsonaro problem. The far-right former Brazilian president flew to Florida two days before his term ended on Jan. 1, having challenged the Oct. 30 election he lost to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But Bolsonaro left behind a violent …

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By Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) -Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the …

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