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By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Several of Europe’s biggest funders of scientific collaboration with China, in fields such as viruses and air quality, have put bilateral research programmes on hold due to concerns over Chinese data protection laws, funding agencies said. The suspension, which Reuters is reporting for the first time following queries to the agencies on …

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(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief and scandal-plagued tenure, was sentenced by a federal judge on Friday to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft. Santos pleaded guilty last August to two of the 23 criminal counts he faced for inflating fundraising …

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QUITO (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, injuring at least 20 people, damaging buildings in the city of Esmeraldas and temporarily shutting down some oil infrastructure. The quake struck at a depth of 23 km (14.29 miles), EMSC said, with …

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By Fayaz Bukhari and Shivam Patel SRINAGAR (Reuters) -Armed police and soldiers searched homes and forests for militants in Indian Kashmir on Friday and India’s army chief reviewed security there after the killing of 26 men at a tourist site – the worst attack on civilians in nearly two decades. The attack triggered outrage and …

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By Jose Luis Gonzalez JULIMES, Mexico (Reuters) -Dead animals lie scattered across the planes of this cattle ranching town in northern Mexico, victims of a long-term drought that is forcing farmers here to consider uprooting their lives to look elsewhere for land and water. More than 64% of Mexico’s territory is experiencing some level of …

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By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has terminated federal employees in charge of U.S. global climate policy and climate aid as part of its reorganization of the country’s diplomatic focus, the State Department said on Friday. The career employees in the Office of Global Change, which came under the State …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Following is a list of the main world leaders who have so far said they will attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday in Saint Peter’s Square. ALBANIA – President Bajram Bega. ANGOLA – President Joao Lourenco. ARGENTINA – President Javier Milei. AUSTRIA – President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker. …

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