By Francesco Zecchini and Gavin Jones CARTIGLIANO, Italy (Reuters) -Businesses in the sleepy Italian town of Cartigliano are so worried about its declining birth rate and lack of workers that they have begun paying families’ nursery school fees and childcare costs to spur them to have more babies. Cartigliano, a town of 3,800 inhabitants and …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is in talks with Spain and Canada about taking more Western Hemisphere refugees for resettlement, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, signaling possible commitments that could be announced at next week’s Summit of the Americas. Separate proposals are under consideration by …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A study in Japan found that women were significantly more likely than men to develop rash-like side effects after a first dose of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine. The study of 5,893 participants between May and November last year showed that 22.4% of women developed delayed skin reactions after the first shot, compared …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces fought their way into the centre of Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region. But in a boost for Ukraine, locked in a grinding struggle against Russia’s invading army, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese military said on Wednesday it had conducted a combat “readiness patrol” in the seas and airspace around Taiwan in recent days, saying it was a necessary action to respond to “collusion” between Washington and Taipei. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up its military manoeuvres …
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By Wendell Roelf, Julia Payne and Bate Felix CAPE TOWN/LAGOS/DAKAR (Reuters) – A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices because of the war in Ukraine has left countries dangerously short of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and causing queues at filling stations. The surge in prices comes in tandem with …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion. Russia’s all-out assault on the city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province has been met by …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States is planning on “cooperation” between its National Guard and Taiwan’s military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, deepening security ties in the face of what Taipei’s government complains is a rising threat from China. The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international supporter and arms supplier, despite the …
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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his team are still considering the sending of longer-range rocket systems to Ukraine but do not want them used to launch attacks inside Russian territory, the White House said on Tuesday. U.S. officials said Biden and his national security aides are …
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(Reuters) – Canada will temporarily decriminalize the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use by adults in British Columbia (B.C.) to help tackle a burgeoning drug abuse problem in the province, the government said on Tuesday. The substances would remain illegal, but adults found in possession of up to …
