African leaders seek record World Bank financing to combat climate change
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - African leaders on Monday called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a ...
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Kenya postpones start of school term due to heavy floods
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's education ministry on Monday postponed the start of a new school term by one week due to heavy ra...
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US lawmakers strike deal to boost aviation safety, will not hike pilot retirement age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House and Senate negotiators said early Monday they have reached a deal to boost air traffic cont...
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Philippines' 'dangerous' heat prompts shift to online classes, power crunch
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has cancelled in-person public school classes for the next two days...
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Philippine students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts
By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power an...
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Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Dep...
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Three dead after dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma; scores injured
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - At least three people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma th...
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Pro-Palestinian protests keep roiling US college campuses
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing as they spread coast-to-coa...
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US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was proper...
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Bangladesh reopens schools amid scorching heatwave
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asia...
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