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By Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Tackling inequality is key to securing the public support needed to overhaul the global economy and reverse climate change, an update to the landmark 50-year-old computer simulation of environmental stress has found. Based on modelling by MIT scientists of a world destabilised by growing consumption, the …

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(Corrects percentage of supporters in first paragraph) SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Voters rejecting Chile’s proposed new constitution in a referendum outnumbered supporters 62.20% versus 37.80%, according to early results on Sunday, with 72.19% of ballot boxes tallied. The new constitution, focused on social rights, the environment, gender parity and indigenous rights, would replace the current market-friendly …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Sullivan, a Trump appointee who told Reuters earlier this year it would take “a crowbar” to get him out of Moscow, has left Russia after finishing his tenure as U.S. ambassador there, the U.S. embassy in the country said on Sunday. “U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s CanSino Biologics Inc said on Sunday that its recently developed COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the country’s drug regulator for emergency use as a booster, potentially benefiting its business. The inhaled version of Cansino’s adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine has obtained the green light from the National Medical Products Administration, the company …

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GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the Interior Ministry said. The dawn executions, by hanging or firing squad, were the first in the Palestinian territories since 2017. Past cases of capital punishment being …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian electoral authorities on Saturday morning carried out a search and seizure warrant at the home of Sergio Moro, a former judge who led one of Brazil’s biggest corruption probes, a former justice minister and current Senate candidate. This is the first time that Moro, who made his name leading the …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An average of 17 atrocities were reported in news outlets in Mexico each day during the first six months of 2022, up 18% from the same period last year, according to a report by non-governmental organization Causa en Comun. In Mexico, where some newspapers and TV are dedicated to “nota roja” …

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By Frank Pingue (Reuters) – Serena Williams was eliminated from the U.S. Open on Friday in what may be the last match of her illustrious career but the impact she had on the game she dominated for over two decades will be felt for generations to come. Williams, who made her professional debut in 1995 …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s state nuclear company, Energoatom, said on Friday that it would be “difficult” for the UN nuclear watchdog to make an impartial assessment of the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant due to Russian interference. Energoatom also said the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which arrived at the power station …

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