By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Attacks on Brazil’s indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating …
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Taiwan envoy to U.S. says China bullying spurs foreign interest in visits to island
by Reutersby ReutersBy Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s aggressive military response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has increased interest from other countries’ parliaments in similar trips, the …
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Huge explosion hits Kabul mosque, many casualties feared
by Reutersby ReutersKABUL (Reuters) -A huge explosion struck a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday, witnesses and police said, with many feared dead or injured. Police said there were multiple …
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China to send troops to Russia for ‘Vostok’ exercise
by Reutersby ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China’s defence …
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Some Russians happy to holiday in sunny Crimea despite blasts
by Reutersby Reuters(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) (Reuters) – Russian tourists took advantage of the heat and sun on Wednesday …
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Top U.N. official presses Myanmar’s junta leader in rare visit
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -A senior U.N. official said she had urged Myanmar’s military ruler to release political prisoners and stop executions on Wednesday, in a rare, high-profile visit that comes amid growing …
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WHO chief: ‘Colour of skin’ may be why Tigray crisis not getting attention
by Reutersby ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid to the plight of civilians in …
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Syria denies kidnapping or holding U.S. journalist missing for 10 years
by Reutersby ReutersAMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Syria’s government on Wednesday denied kidnapping or holding a U.S. journalist who disappeared a decade ago, a week after President Joe Biden demanded that Damascus let him go …
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Ukraine carries out emergency drills near nuclear plant on frontline
by Reutersby ReutersBy Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities performed disaster response drills on Wednesday following repeated shelling at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind …
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Rushdie attack suspect says he admires Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) -The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie said he respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by a fatwa issued by the former Iranian …
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Under pressure: Ukrainians at nuclear plant work under Russian guns – technician
by Reutersby ReutersBy Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian technicians at the Russian-held nuclear power plant hit by shelling work under the barrels of Russian guns and face huge pressure, but they are …
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NASA’s giant U.S. moon rocket emerges for debut launch
by Reutersby ReutersBy Joey Roulette (Reuters) -NASA’s gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, began an hours-long crawl to its launchpad Tuesday night ahead of the behemoth’s …
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Sanofi trial failure halts work on breast cancer treatment amcenestrant
by Reutersby ReutersBy Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – Sanofi has stopped further work on amcenestrant, a treatment once seen to have strong commercial potential in breast cancer, after a second trial failure dealt …
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War makes life even harder for Ukraine’s visually impaired
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nacho Doce KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Viktor Solovyanenko has gone out as little as possible since Russia invaded Ukraine because he fears stepping on unexploded munitions or sharp objects. He …
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France’s river Loire sets new lows as drought dries up its tributaries
by Reutersby ReutersBy Stephane Mahe LOIREAUXENCE, France (Reuters) – France’s river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this …
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Russian shakes up Black Sea fleet command after series of blows in Crimea – state agency
by Reutersby ReutersBy Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s Black Sea fleet based in annexed Crimea has installed a new commander, RIA news agency cited sources as saying on Wednesday, after Russian …
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Taiwan’s air force flexes muscles in face of Chinese war games
by Reutersby ReutersBy Aleksander Solum and Ann Wang HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwanese F-16 fighters roared into the night sky on Wednesday in a show of force in front of the media, …
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‘I am here to kill the queen,’ Windsor Castle intruder told police
by Reutersby ReutersBy Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – A man arrested at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home on Christmas Day last year wearing a mask and holding a crossbow told security “I …
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China races to alleviate drought, power cuts amid record heatwave
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking heatwave …
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Taiwan says China continues military activity around it
by Reutersby ReutersTAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said 21 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships had been detected operating around Taiwan on Wednesday as Beijing continued military activities near the island. …
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Russia says it has ‘neutralised’ Islamist cell in Crimea
by Reutersby ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – The top official in Russian-annexed Crimea said on Wednesday that the FSB security service had broken up what he described as a six-person terrorist cell of a …
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‘Pain does not go away’: Anger persists for family of U.S. Marine killed in Kabul
by Reutersby ReutersBy Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The last text message Darin Taylor Hoover sent his mother from Kabul’s airport a year ago was short but one she still reads every …
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Australia’s Morrison says he secretly took five ministries because responsibility was his
by Reutersby ReutersBy Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s former prime minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he decided to be secretly sworn in to five key ministries during the coronavirus pandemic because …
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Hong Kong court lifts reporting restriction on national security case
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court on Wednesday lifted a reporting restriction on a landmark national security case involving a now disbanded group …
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N.Korea fires two cruise missiles from west coast town of Onchon
by Reutersby ReutersBy Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast town of Onchon early on Wednesday, a South Korean military source said. The source added …