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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Monday unveiled draft legislation to combat online hate that would force major companies to quickly remove harmful content and that would boost the penalty for inciting genocide to life in prison. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced the bill with the stated aim of …

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By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers working for the ‘Blackcat’ ransomware gang are behind the outage at UnitedHealth’s technology unit that has snarled prescription deliveries for six days, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The problems began last week after hackers gained access to Change Healthcare’s information …

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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among Palestinians about political arrangements following Israel’s war against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. The move comes amid growing U.S. pressure on President Mahmoud Abbas to shake up the …

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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after the spacecraft made a historic “pinpoint” touchdown on the moon. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down on the …

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By Mary Milliken LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress, singer, movie director and producer Barbra Streisand was honored on Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award in recognition of her prolific career and humanitarian work. The 81-year-old Streisand received SAG’s highest award from Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper. She was the 59th recipient …

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By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury said on Friday it has imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker group Sovcomflot, as Washington seeks to reduce Russia’s revenues from oil sales that it can use to support its invasion of Ukraine. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control also designated …

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By Elizabeth Piper HATFIELD, England (Reuters) – When she arrived in England almost two years ago, Mila Panchenko thought her months-long journey from the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol was over and she could settle down. But, after moving home four times since then, the 55-year-old Ukrainian has been declared homeless and her future is …

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