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At least 10 killed in Russian missile strike on shopping mall, Ukraine says
Date: June 27, 2022
By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, the regional governor said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1,000 people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack,...
Bitcoin miners sell their holdings amid crypto winter’s chill
Date: June 27, 2022
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Bitcoin miners have been forced to tap into their cryptocurrency stashes as a plunge in prices, rising energy costs and increased competition bite into profitability. The number of coins miners are sending to crypto exchanges has been steadily climbing since June 7, researchers at MacroHive noted,...
Boris Johnson says new N.Ireland trade law could be passed this year
Date: June 27, 2022
LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday parliament could pass legislation this year to scrap some of the rules on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, pressing on with plans that have angered the European Union. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would unilaterally overturn part of a Brexit divorce deal agreed in...
Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens
Date: June 27, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at...
FEATURE-In Ecuador’s Amazon, solar panels bring ‘fire canoe’ dream to life
Date: June 27, 2022
By Melissa Godin TENA, Ecuador, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ecuador’s rainforest Achuar people say their ancestors long dreamed of a “fire canoe” or “electric fish” that would let them move swiftly along the region’s winding rivers, to more easily reach other distant Achuar communities in the largely roadless jungle. Now, the arrival of...
Angry and left behind: rural voters back French far-right in challenge for Macron
Date: June 27, 2022
By Layli Foroudi BRIARE, France (Reuters) – Marie-France Chouffeur, a 52-year old farm worker from a small town in central France, had never voted for the far-right before April’s presidential election, when she backed National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron. This month, she was one of many rural voters who...