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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff said worsening prison conditions were threatening his health as his Anti-Corruption Foundation prepares to turn upcoming local elections in Moscow into an anti-war vote. Navalny was arrested in January last year when he returned to Russia from Germany, where he …

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s politicians are ignoring the climate crisis in the run-up to the election on Sept. 11 and treating it as if it were just a problem rather than a life-or-death threat, activist Greta Thunberg said. The war in Ukraine and the ongoing energy crisis, which has seen power prices soar, are dominating …

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will create an anti-corruption authority and a working group involving non-government organisations to oversee the spending of European Union funds, the government said in a decree in its official gazette late on Monday. The move by Budapest is aimed at unlocking EU funds as nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government is …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from the strongest earthquake to hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province since 2017 rose to 65 on Tuesday as rescuers rushed to reach hundreds of stranded people, restore utilities and send emergency relief. Nearly 250 people were being treated for injuries from the disaster, with dozens critically wounded, according to …

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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Typhoon Hinnamnor departed South Korea on Tuesday after making landfall in the country’s south, leaving thousands of people displaced and one dead, authorities said. The typhoon left the Korean peninsula about 7:10 a.m. through waters off the southeastern city of Ulsan after landing on the coastal city of Geoje, according …

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By David Stobbe and Rod Nickel JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (Reuters) -Two men on the run from Canadian police were charged with murdering 10 people in a stabbing rampage that devastated an indigenous community in Canada, a nation where mass violence is rare. Police launched a manhunt for Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, …

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VIENNA (Reuters) – The backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine has been disconnected deliberately to extinguish a fire, but it was not damaged, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, citing information supplied by Ukraine. Both sides in the war have accused each other of risking nuclear catastrophe by …

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By Vera Eckert and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to keep two of its three remaining nuclear power stations on standby, beyond a year-end deadline to ditch the fuel, to ensure enough electricity supply through the winter during a gas crunch. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a statement on Monday the move …

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