By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as president of the Philippines on Thursday, completing a stunning comeback for one of Asia’s most famous political dynasties, 36 years after it was ousted in a popular uprising. Marcos Jr scored a rare …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s electricity grid creaked on Thursday under the strain of Tokyo’s hottest June since records began, but a power crunch that could have deprived tens of millions of electricity was narrowly averted and authorities prepared to lift warnings. Temperatures of nearly 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) were marked in some parts of greater Tokyo, …
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(Reuters) – U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russia on Friday on drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in jail, in a case that highlights the already fraught relations between Moscow and Washington. Griner, a star player in the U.S.-based Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), was detained …
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By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI,India (Reuters) – At least seven people have died and another 55 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide in a remote area of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, local officials said on Thursday. Rescue workers battled heavy rains and inclement weather to pull out nineteen survivors from …
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By Belén Carreño and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will urge fellow NATO allies to consider a bigger role for the alliance in North Africa and the Sahel at a summit in Madrid on Thursday, and Spain’s foreign minister said an intervention in Mali should not be ruled out. NATO has little appetite for …
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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli lawmakers voted on Thursday to dissolve parliament following the collapse of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ruling coalition, opening the way for a Nov. 1 election that will be Israel’s fifth in less than four years. Bennett will stand down at midnight to be replaced by his coalition partner, Foreign …
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(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Thursday a combination of its cancer drug, Imfinzi, and chemotherapy showed promise in a late-stage trial in patients with an aggressive form of lung cancer, when given before surgery. Data showed the combination was more effective in removing cancer cells in tissue samples taken during surgery when compared with just chemotherapy …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Thursday authorised AstraZeneca PLC’s antibody-based therapy for preventing COVID-19 infection in people with a poor immune response, increasing its options as it works to ease the pandemic burden on the healthcare system. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety granted emergency use authorisation for 20,000 doses of Evusheld for …
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By Tangi Salaün, Clotaire Achi and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred. Salah Abdeslam was found …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse over how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have ended in Qatar without the progress “the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for”, EU’s envoy Enrique Mora tweeted on Wednesday. “We will keep working with even greater urgency to bring …
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