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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 13, Lula visits region
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 13, local a...
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US weekly jobless claims unchanged; layoffs decline in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at lower levels last w...
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Olympics-Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help r...
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Insurer Chubb prepares to pay $350 million in Baltimore bridge collapse, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 m...
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India's Kerala shuts schools, colleges amid sweltering heat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, ur...
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Hailstorm ravages Chablis vineyards in French region of Burgundy
PARIS (Reuters) - A violent hailstorm ravaged vineyards on Wednesday in Chablis in the French region of Burgundy, with hailst...
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Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseei...
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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's w...
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Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden...
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Unions, businesses eye migrants to fill labor gaps in Ohio
By Kristina Cooke and Howard Schneider COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - On a noisy factory floor in Columbus, Ohio, trade union app...
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'Boom, boom': Ageing boomers discover Brussels' largest night club
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jeanine, 79, finds today's music too "boom boom" and she prefers old time tunes but that did n...
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Carbon credit standards approval extended to 98% of market
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Five of the world's largest carbon credit programmes have now been given initial appro...
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US class action settlements flooded with fraudulent claims by scammers
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had m...
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Overnight storm in France kills at least one person
PARIS (Reuters) - An overnight storm in northern France that caused mudslides has led to at least one death, a 57-year-old wo...
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Road collapse in southern China kills 36, reports state media
(Reuters) - A collapse of an expressway section in China's Guangdong province caused vehicles to plunge and killed 36 people ...
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Bayer's Monsanto wins reversal of $185 million PCBs verdict in Washington court
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A Washington state appeals court on Wednesday overturned a $185 million verdict against Bayer's ...
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Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" from China to Ja...
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Fed's Powell says looming election won't sway rate decisions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated Wednesday that political considerations around the loo...
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US appeals court says kids' climate lawsuit must be dismissed
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said a lawsuit filed by 21 young people claiming the U.S. gove...
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US State Dept says oil service firm SLB is not violating Russia sanctions
By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department believes oil services firm SLB has not violated sanctions ag...
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