(Reuters) – Heavy fighting has been raging into Thursday in areas near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine after Kyiv warned that it might have to shut down the plant to avoid disaster. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in its daily morning update that some villages and communities near the …
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By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad BHAN SYEDABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – People were building barriers in some parts of Pakistan on Thursday to hold back rising waters that have engulfed nearly a third of the country after weeks of rain, while officials said 12 more deaths took the toll to 1,355. Hundreds of thousands …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) -The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve was arrested on Wednesday, then lapsed into unexplained “medical distress” and died soon after at a hospital, police said. Official word that the intense four-day …
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By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) – Scott Taylor never got to move on from COVID-19. The 56-year-old, who caught the disease in spring 2020, still had not recovered about 18 months later when he killed himself at his home near Dallas, having lost his health, memory and money. “No one cares. No …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China has reopened roads leading to the epicentre of Monday’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan and traffic has resumed, state media reported on Wednesday, while the death toll has risen to 74. In addition, a total of 259 people were injured in the disaster and 26 remained missing as …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a looming global food crisis and said he would discuss amending a landmark grain deal with Ukraine to limit the countries that can receive shipments. GRAIN * Putin said Russia and the developing world had been “cheated” by the grain deal and that he would discuss “limiting …
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By Andrea Shalal SLYVNYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Six months after a rocket landed in his vineyard in southern Ukraine in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion, Georgiy Molchanov is now harvesting his grapes and wondering what to name this year’s unforgettable wartime vintage. “We need to show … there is a wine for victory,” said …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Police in Canada’s Saskatchewan province said on Monday they were investigating reports of a shooting on Witchekan Lake First Nation and warned the public that several armed suspects were on the loose. In an alert, police told residents to seek immediate shelter and said the suspects were possibly on foot. The shooting …
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(Reuters) -A Russian court on Monday sentenced a former journalist to 22 years in prison for treason after prosecutors said he disclosed state secrets, a ruling his supporters said was a harsh punishment that showed the absence of media freedom in Russia. Ivan Safronov, a former defence reporter for the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers turned …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state nuclear chief said on Monday it was vital that a mission by UN inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant led to the end of Russia’s occupation of the facility and called for new missions to the site, including by UN peacekeepers. The International Atomic Energy Agency is …
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