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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major energy companies are not doing enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change despite public promises to fight the problem, a U.S. House panel said about documents released on Friday that it got in a probe. Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform subpoenaed major oil …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator has authorized COVID-19 shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech that target both the original coronavirus and Omicron sub-variants for use in children as young as 6 months of age. The amended authorization on Thursday from the Food and Drug Administration allows use of Moderna’s bivalent shot as …

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By Filipp Lebedev (Reuters) -Sarah Krivanek, a U.S. citizen ordered deported by a Russian court over a domestic dispute, has left Russia, Krivanek said while aboard a plane about to leave Moscow’s airport late on Thursday. Krivanek said she was flying to Los Angeles via Dubai. The website of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport showed the aircraft …

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By Liliana Salgado SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (Reuters) – A long, thin line stretches across the dusty Arizona landscape. It is a border barrier – but not the customary wall or fence. This is made up entirely of shipping containers stacked on top of each other. The improvised wall – topped with concertina wire – was …

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By Brijesh Patel, Rod Nickel and Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada’s TC Energy shut its Keystone pipeline in the United States after more than 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a creek in Kansas, making it one of the largest crude spills in the United States in nearly a decade. The cause of the leak, …

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By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) -The man accused of killing five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado was arrested last year on charges of threatening violence, but a judge dismissed that case because the alleged victims declined to cooperate, a prosecutor said on Thursday. El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen provided details on …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is building capabilities that put most U.S. space assets at risk, and China sees the domain as crucial to their military strategy, the head of the U.S. Space Command said on Friday. Historically lagging in an area dominated by the United States and Russia, Beijing has made significant advances in recent …

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By Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to impose new sanctions against Russia and China on Friday that include punishing Moscow for its use of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. The sanctions will also target about 170 Chinese entities for what …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday gave final congressional approval to legislation that provides federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a measure born out of concern that the Supreme Court could reverse its support for legal recognition of such relationships. The House vote was 258-169, with all of the …

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