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By Mike Stone, Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh U.S. infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that includes anti-ship rocket systems, artillery rockets, howitzers and ammunition. In a phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Biden said he told the embattled leader about the …

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By Idrees Ali and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was at a “pivotal” moment and the United States and its allies could not lose focus on the three-month long conflict, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday as Western countries pledged more weapons to Kyiv. Austin was speaking at a meeting …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission launched two new legal proceedings against Britain on Wednesday after London published plans to override some post-Brexit rules governing Northern Irish trade, and resumed another challenge it had previously paused. The proceedings could result in fines imposed by the European Court of Justice, although these would likely be more …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the same rights as humans and should be freed. In a 5-2 decision, the Albany-based Court of Appeals said the …

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By Bianca Flowers and Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc said on Tuesday it would move its global headquarters to Irving, Texas, from its current location in Deerfield, Illinois, marking an end to the company’s century-long presence in the Land of Lincoln. It was not immediately clear why Caterpillar was making the move. It said in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain published legislation on Monday to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, setting out measures it says are needed to protect peace in the British-ruled province but which are sure to antagonise the European Union. The government sees the legislation as part of a “dual track” approach to the problem, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Authorities in Beijing have launched an investigation into a 24-hour bar they believe to be at the centre of a cluster of more than 250 COVID-19 cases in China’s capital since last week, domestic media said on Tuesday. A team of local government officials will work to investigate and deal with the Heaven …

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By Conor Humphries MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine’s top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire. They see Russia’s shelling of the Nika-Tera port facility in the southern city of Mykolaiv …

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(Refiles with new link to photo essay in bullet points.) By Charlotte Greenfield and Gloria Dickie JACOBABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth. Her 17-year-old neighbour Waderi, who gave birth a few weeks …

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