International
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Scientists urge stronger Paris Agreement pledges to curb climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The vast majority of national commitments in the 2015 Paris Agreement are inadequate to prevent the worst…
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Japan wants to go cashless, but elderly aren’t so keen
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cash is king in Japan, and more so for the country's fast-aging population who are still deeply…
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China presses Trump for more tariff roll-backs in ‘phase one’ trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is pushing U.S. President Donald Trump to remove more tariffs imposed in September as part of…
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Illegal loggers kill Amazon indigenous warrior who guarded forest, wound another
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and…
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Australia and China vow to work on repairing bilateral relationship
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and China said they will work together to repair their bilateral relationship, tarnished by allegations that…
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Ancient treasures go on display in London Tutankhamun exhibition
LONDON (Reuters) - Treasures from the tomb of boy-king Tutankhamun will go on show in London from Saturday as part…
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Decade-long drought in Chile wipes out hives as bees are left without flowers
CASABLANCA, Chile (Reuters) - Beekeeper Pablo Alvarez squats beside his backyard hives and points upward into a cloudless Chilean sky.…
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Southern California blaze sears homes, orchards, threatens oil fields
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-moving scrub fire threatened orchards, oil fields, and homes while displacing thousands of residents in…
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Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged central Baghdad on Friday demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political…
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Protected status not enough to guard threatened nature reserves, scientists find
Ugandan pygmies hunt for monkeys in in Bundibugyo district’s Semiliki national park rain forest, west of the capital Kampala, August…
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