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Iraqi builders face growing risks on frontline of climate change
By Timour Azhari, Mohammed Kadhim Atti and Maher Nazeh BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - With temperatures that can go above 50C (122F), Iraqi building sites have long been a hazardous place to work in summer. ...
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Exclusive-As US navigates summer of strikes, Biden’s top labor adviser exits, source says
By Nandita Bose (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's top labor adviser, Celeste Drake, has stepped down, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, leaving the administration with one les...
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No quick fix to reverse Antarctic sea ice loss as warming intensifies – scientists
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Sea ice in the Antarctic region has fallen to a record low this year as a result of rising global temperatures and there is no quick fix to reverse the damage do...
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Landslides, floods kill 38 so far as monsoon rains lash Nepal
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Landslides caused by heavy rain have killed at least one person, and blocked a major highway in Nepal this week, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll from...
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Nigerian producer pumps out AI-powered Afrobeats
By Vining Ogu LAGOS (Reuters) - When artificial intelligence (AI) apps started spreading in Nigeria's music industry, Eclipse Nkasi thought his days as a producer were numbered. Then he took a step ba...
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Amazon rainforest nations gather to forge shared policy in Brazil
By Jake Spring BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - Leaders of the eight Amazon rainforest countries are gathering on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with plans to reach a broad agreement on issues from ...
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South Korea begins evacuating thousands of scouts ahead of typhoon
BUAN, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea on Tuesday started evacuating thousands of teenage participants at the World Scout Jamboree from a campsite in the southwest of the country to safer areas mai...
Syndicated Content Aug 07, 2023
Japan braces for Typhoon Khanun’s winds and heavy rainfall
TOKYO (Reuters) - A swath of Japanese regions, including central areas, are bracing for Typhoon Khanun to approach near southwestern Japan on Tuesday, as the country's meteorological agency warns of d...
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More than 1,000 evacuated as Portugal wildfire spreads
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira ODEMIRA, Portugal (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters scrambled on Tuesday to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares...
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Extinction alert issued for Mexico’s threatened vaquita porpoise
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The International Whaling Commission (IWC) said on Monday it has issued an extinction alert for the endangered vaquita porpoise, whose population is estimated to have shrunk to...
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