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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said on Sunday. One of the worst-hit towns was Nosy Varika on the east coast where almost 95% …

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LONDON (Reuters) -After protesters hounded Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under heavy pressure on Tuesday to withdraw a claim that Starmer had failed to prosecute one of the country’s most notorious child abusers. Johnson is facing the gravest crisis of his 30-month premiership after a series of scandals including revelations …

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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday. The revised estimate reduces global sea level rise by 3 inches if all glaciers were to melt. But it raises concern for …

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DONETSK/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Viktor, a pensioner, goes to sleep in breakaway eastern Ukraine, listening out for shelling in case he needs to take cover. In the city of Kharkiv, Viktoria Makarova, a building firm manager, is learning to fire a rifle in case of an invasion. Far from the rarefied rounds of diplomacy aimed …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has approved a possible $100 million sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to “sustain, maintain, and improve” its Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon said on Monday, drawing an angry threat of retaliation from Beijing. China, which claims self-governed Taiwan as its own, routinely objects to U.S. arms sales, …

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By Julien Pretot and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday to watch China’s Eileen Gu as she won gold https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/freestyle-skiing-chinas-gu-wins-gold-medal-womens-big-air-2022-02-08 in the Big Air competition in Beijing to put the host nation at the top of the medals table. Peng, who could be seen in the stands …

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By Anna Mehler Paperny, David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Police in Canada’s capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day protest against COVID-19 measures, adding truck and protester numbers had fallen significantly. The protest, which …

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