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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The union representing about 10,000 Southwest Airlines pilots told Reuters on Friday it supports an effort in Congress to extend an exemption from modern cockpit alerting requirements for the Boeing 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 airplanes. Boeing faces a December deadline to win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – It may have been one of the highest accolades that the international community can bestow, but to the human rights defenders of Russia’s Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize was above all a reminder of continued struggle and sacrifice. “I want this award to help somehow,” said Yan Rachinsky, head of the Memorial …

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By Nerijus Adomaitis and Ron Bousso OSLO (Reuters) -Norway has deployed a specialist vessel to inspect a subsea gas pipeline to Germany because of safety concerns after suspected sabotage last month on two Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany, according to sources and data. Norway, Europe’s largest gas supplier, last week put its energy …

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(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggesting NATO should launch preventive strikes on Russia confirmed the need for what it calls its “special operation” in Ukraine. “By doing so, (he) essentially presented the world with further evidence of the threats posed by the Kyiv regime,” …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A four-member SpaceX Crew Dragon team, including a Russian cosmonaut and the first Native American woman sent to orbit, neared a planned rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday to begin a five-month science mission. The latest NASA expedition to the orbiting laboratory was due to arrive shortly …

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By Lenin Ocampo and Uriel Sanchez SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) – A fight between two rival gangs in the violence-plagued southwestern state of Guerrero left 20 dead, including a local mayor, and two more wounded, Mexican authorities said Thursday. Among those shot dead in San Miguel Totolapan’s town hall on Wednesday were Mayor Conrado …

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By Leroy Leo and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – A rebound of COVID-19 symptoms in some patients after taking Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid may be related to a robust immune response rather than a weak one, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday. They concluded that taking a longer course of the drug – beyond the recommended five …

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By Florence Tan and Joyce Lee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global oil supply is set to tighten, intensifying concerns over soaring inflation after the OPEC+ group of nations announced its largest supply cut since 2020 ahead of European Union embargoes on Russian energy. The move has widened a diplomatic rift between the Saudi-backed bloc and Western …

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