By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – After spending years in what she described as “boring, sedentary” roles in the offices of several Ukrainian companies, Liliia Shulha landed her dream job as a truck driver with Ukraine’s leading retailer, Fozzy Group. “I always dreamed about big cars. Instead of (playing with) dolls, I drove cars when …
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LIMA (Reuters) -Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses stemming from a bloody war against Maoist rebels, died on Wednesday. He was aged 86. Close colleagues visited him earlier in the day, reporting that he was in a critical condition. “After a …
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By Santiago Limachi and Daniel Ramos SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia/LA PAZ, (Reuters) – In the lowland Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, being gripped by some of its worst wildfires on record, nurse Raúl Gutiérrez said that the acrid sting of smoke almost never goes away and day has started to look almost like night. The South …
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By Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country’s north, killing at least 179 people. Asia’s most powerful typhoon this year, Yagi brought gales and …
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By Cassandra Garrison and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s Senate gave general approval early Wednesday to a sweeping judicial reform that will overhaul the country’s judiciary by electing judges by popular vote, a profound transformation that critics fear could threaten the rule of law and damage the economy. The Senate will now move to …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will consider the United States and its allies to be parties to the Ukraine war and Moscow will use more powerful weapons if the West allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons for strikes deep into Russia, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday. “Washington and other European states are becoming parties to the …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican senators opened debate on Tuesday ahead of a vote on a controversial judicial reform, after a tense discussion in which opposition lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to stall debate and accused the ruling bloc of underhand tactics to secure votes. The vote is expected to be tight, with the ruling coalition formally one …
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(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government said on Tuesday it had stripped the nationality of 135 Nicaraguans who were released from prison last week and then deported to Guatemala, and ordered the confiscation of their property. The Central American nation’s Supreme Court said the people had been convicted of crimes related to attacks on the “sovereignty, independence …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack …
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(Reuters) -Digital news website Business Insider said on Monday it had appointed Jamie Heller as its new editor-in-chief, replacing Nicholas Carlson, who announced his departure from the role earlier this year. Heller has been at the Wall Street Journal for over 20 years and was in charge of their global business and technology coverage, including …
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