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TORONTO (Reuters) – An Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment at Canada’s largest university by Wednesday evening, granting the University of Toronto’s injunction request in a ruling Tuesday. Police were ordered to arrest and remove anyone contravening the order. The university had sought an injunction that would have police clear the …

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By Liya Cui (Reuters) – Glaciers in the Juneau Icefield in southeastern Alaska are melting at a faster rate than previously thought and may reach an irreversible tipping point sooner than expected, according to a study published on Tuesday. Researchers at Newcastle University in England found that glacier loss in the icefield, located just north …

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(This July 1 story has been corrected to fix Wendy Barclay’s affiliation in paragraph 23) By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a …

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BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei will travel this weekend to Brazil for the first time since taking office, his spokesman said on Monday, but plans to meet with the neighboring nation’s former right-wing leader instead of the current president. Outspoken libertarian Milei and leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have …

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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – The gun – a 9-milimeter pistol – blazed a violent trail even by the standards of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous neighborhoods, the Nueva Prosperina precinct of Guayaquil. Shell casings from bullets fired by the weapon, recovered at the scenes of 27 separate violent incidents, were linked to 34 …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will expand deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 309,000 Haitians in the country already, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. The administration will expand access to the Temporary Protected Status program to Haitians through February 2026 due to violence and security issues …

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By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named close ally and former Mexico City finance chief Luz Elena Gonzalez as incoming energy minister, tasking her with revitalizing a struggling state oil company and increasing the use of renewables. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of the Mexican capital, won a landslide election this month, …

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