(This Oct. 25 story has been corrected to fix paragraph six to say support of all provinces needed to cut ties with the monarchy, not seven provinces.) By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Quebec separatist party on Tuesday called on the federal government to sever ties with the British monarchy, saying the recent transfer …
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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – One hundred years after Benito Mussolini grabbed power in Rome, his photograph still hangs in the prime minister’s official residence, striking evidence that Italy has yet to shake off its fascist legacy. While Germany systematically scrubbed clean any symbols of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime after World War Two, Italians …
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By Lev Sergeev YEREVAN (Reuters) – In the Armenian capital Yerevan, few of the tens of thousands of military-age Russian men who have fled to the former Soviet republic see themselves returning home any time soon. “Many of my friends left, only a couple of people remain in Russia,” said Nikolai Salnikov, an IT worker …
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By Clark Mindock New York (Reuters) – Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the U.S. government said Tuesday as it finalized protections for the animal under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said emperor penguins should be protected under …
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(Reuters) -Daily global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million by February from the current 16.7 million aveage daily cases, driven by the northern hemisphere’s winter months, the University of Washington said in an analysis. Far fewer infections are expected than last winter’s estimated peak daily average of about 80 million …
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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday welcomed moves taken by Saudi Arabia to help Ukraine in its war with Russia as President Joe Biden ponders how tough to be against the Saudis for joining an oil output cut. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden and …
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By Raneen Sawafta NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Five Palestinians were killed in one of the largest firefights in recent weeks and another was killed later after Israeli security forces raided the flashpoint city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Shards of glass and scrap metal covered the cobblestone …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the European hosts of a conference on his country’s reconstruction laid out a vision of a future Ukraine as a European Union member and major exporter of green energy to the continent on Tuesay. “This is not a regular donor conference,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz …
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By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A violent showdown between an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro and police over the weekend is stirring an already febrile election campaign in Brazil, as deep political polarization bubbles over just days before a tense runoff vote. On Sunday, Federal Police officers went to the home of …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday. Colombia and Venezuela reopened a major crossing point to cargo transport between the two countries in late September …
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