International
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China to cut more coal, steel output to defend ‘blue skies’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner pledged on Monday to cut more steel and coal production capacity this year, putting…
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Libyan El Sharara oilfield in shutdown from pollution protest
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's giant El Sharara oilfield was shut down on Sunday after a local landowner closed a…
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Global oil players flock to Houston as OPEC, U.S shale tensions ease
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The oil industry's biggest names gather this week at CERAWeek, the largest energy industry get-together in the…
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New Zealand teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in 1981: intelligence agency
New Zealand's intelligence agency on Thursday confirmed for the first time that a teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II…
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Indonesia aims to banish toxic waste from lifeline river
Indonesia's Citarum river burbles past terraced rice paddies and quiet farming villages in the highlands of West Java, as it…
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Trump top communications aide, trusted adviser Hicks resigns: White House
The White House announced she was leaving a day after Hicks, 29, spent nine hours in a closed hearing of…
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ExxonMobil shuts LNG plant in Papua New Guinea; reports of casualties
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - ExxonMobil Corp has shut its liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the wake of a powerful earthquake…
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Yemen’s cholera epidemic likely to intensify in coming months: WHO
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that a cholera epidemic in Yemen that killed more than 2,000 people could…
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Gun lobby pushes back on Trump’s gun plans after Florida shooting
The powerful gun lobby group does not support Trump's proposals to raise the age limit for buying certain types of…
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Nigeria says 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack
One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram…
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