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By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers for its October election, according to electoral authorities and participating organizations, amid a polarized presidential race in which President Jair Bolsonaro has questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines. Bolsonaro’s government objected to an invitation …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, the Helsinki hospital district said on Friday. A orthopoxvirus infection was detected in the Helsinki region on Wednesday and has now been sequenced to confirm it was monkeypox. Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of the …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday discussed ways to help ease the international food crisis, with the Kremlin saying this could be done only if the West lifts sanctions. “Vladimir Putin emphasized that the Russian Federation is ready to make a significant contribution to overcoming the food …

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By Bate Felix and Ngouda Dione TIVAOUANE, Senegal (Reuters) -Three weeks ago, Ramata Gueye died after giving birth to a son, Mohamed, seven months into her pregnancy. On Thursday, her bereaved husband El Hadj Gueye learnt that Mohamed was one of 11 babies killed by a fire in a hospital neonatal ward. The couple had …

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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday its investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh showed that she was shot by an Israeli soldier in a “deliberate murder”. Israel angrily denied the accusation and said it was continuing its own investigations into the death of …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill that qualifies all non-consensual sex as rape in response to social outrage after the so-called Wolf Pack case gave momentum to the women’s rights movement in the country four years ago. The government-proposed legislation, known as “Only yes is yes”, merges the …

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By Markus Wacket and Kate Abnett BERLIN (Reuters) -The Group of Seven countries can spearhead the fight against climate change and accelerate a pivot away from fossil fuels by agreeing to phase out coal power generation, Germany’s economy minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday. Habeck was speaking as G7 energy, climate and environment ministers were …

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By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A proposal to condemn the regional health emergency triggered by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine will come before a World Health Organization (WHO) assembly on Thursday, prompting a rival resolution from Moscow that makes no mention of its own role in the crisis. The , backed by …

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