WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that widespread damage is making rescue efforts a challenge in his state after tornadoes swept through the region two days ago. “I’ve got towns that are gone,” Beshear said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “My dad’s home town, Paxton, isn’t standing. It is hard …
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(Reuters) – The UK’s NHS website crashed as people rushed to book COVID-19 booster doses after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said everyone above the age of 18 could get booster shots from Monday, The Independent reported https://bit.ly/3pOm02H on Sunday. “The NHS website is currently experiencing technical difficulties. We are working to resolve these issues. Thank …
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) -Dollar Tree said on Sunday it offered to explore a settlement with Mantle Ridge and hand a board seat to a former chief executive of a rival retailer, saying the activist investment firm’s decision to seek control of its board is “unwarrantedly aggressive.” Dollar Tree is reacting publicly to Mantle …
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By Andreas Rinke WARSAW (Reuters) -Germany is committed to safeguarding Ukraine’s role as a transit route for gas into Europe, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as Russian troop movements along the Ukrainian border increased pressure on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Nord Stream 2, which would carry Russian gas to Germany and bypass Ukraine, …
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By Andreas Rinke WARSAW (Reuters) -Germany is committed to safeguarding Ukraine’s role as a transit route for gas into Europe, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as Russian troop movements along the Ukrainian border increased pressure on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Nord Stream 2, which would carry Russian gas to Germany and bypass Ukraine, …
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By Antonio Parrinello and Francesca Landini RAVANUSA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers plan to work through the night in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa to try to find survivors of a suspected gas explosion that killed at least three people. Two people were found alive under the rubble and six were missing, authorities said on Sunday. “We …
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By Antonio Parrinello and Francesca Landini RAVANUSA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers plan to work through the night in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa to try to find survivors of a suspected gas explosion that killed at least three people. Two people were found alive under the rubble and six were missing, authorities said on Sunday. “We …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a broader offensive that pushed back Tigrayan forces on multiple fronts. Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region bordering …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a broader offensive that pushed back Tigrayan forces on multiple fronts. Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region bordering …
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By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago as the demise of what he called “historical Russia” and said the economic crisis that followed was so bad he was forced to moonlight as a taxi driver. Putin’s comments, released by state …
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