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By Emma Farge and Gloria Dickie MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland (Reuters) – From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland’s glaciers. Normally, he heads down this path on the massive Morteratsch Glacier in …

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MASKWACIS, Alberta (Reuters) – An anguished rendering of Canada’s national anthem in Cree by an indigenous woman as tears streamed down her face marked one of several emotional moments in the first leg of Pope Francis’s apology tour in Canada. The unscripted moment capped a ceremony fraught with symbolism for thousands of residential school survivors …

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(Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday made good on a promise to apologize to Canada’s native people on their home land for the Church’s role in schools where indigenous children were abused, branding forced cultural assimilation “evil” and a “disastrous error”. Here are some reactions to Pope’s apology. CORNELL MCLEAN, ACTING GRAND CHIEF OF THE …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Paul Sorvino, who played the role of gangster Paulie Cicero in classic mob movie “Goodfellas,” has died at the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor said on Monday. Sorvino, also known for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerretta on TV series “Law & Order” in the 1990s, worked …

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NICOSIA (Reuters) – EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in autumn and winter, the bloc’s health chief said on Monday, saying there had been a “worrying increase” in outbreaks. European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides also warned there was no room for complacency, …

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(Reuters) – After five months of Russian attacks, Ukraine will continue to do all it can to inflict as much damage on its enemy as possible, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Sunday. “Even the occupiers admit we will win,” he said as he hailed the upcoming day of Ukrainian statehood, …

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