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In Brazil, satellites help scientists zone in on Amazon deforestation

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of Brazilian researchers usi...

8th April, 2022

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UK promises further $130 million of arms for Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will send Ukraine a further 100 million pounds ($130 million) of military...

8th April, 2022

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South Africa’s ‘wild west’ WhatsApp groups fuel racism, surveillance

(Corrects details of Kisten’s adoptive parents in paragraph two) By Kim Harrisberg DURBAN (Thomson R...

8th April, 2022

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Germany could end Russian oil imports this year – Scholz

By Andreas Rinke LONDON (Reuters) – Germany could end Russian oil imports this year, Chancellor Olaf...

8th April, 2022

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Russian inflation accelerates to 7.61% m/m in March, highest since 1999

(Reuters) – Consumer prices in Russia jumped 7.61% in March, their biggest month-on-month increase s...

8th April, 2022

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Ukraine says 50 killed in rocket strike on rail evacuation hub

By Janis Laizans and Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said at least 50 people were killed on...

8th April, 2022

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UK’s Sunak hits out at ‘smears’ over wife’s tax status

By Michael Holden (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak hit back at what he called “smear...

8th April, 2022

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U.N. shifts aid east in Ukraine, plans convoys to rebel areas

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) is moving aid eastwards in Ukrai...

8th April, 2022

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Credit Agricole stake in Italy’s Banco BPM sparks bid speculation

By Valentina Za and Andrea Mandala MILAN (Reuters) -France’s Credit Agricole has become the single l...

8th April, 2022

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Exclusive-AIG looks at cutting insurance for Russia, Ukraine -sources

By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – AIG, one of the world’s biggest commercia...

8th April, 2022

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Italy cuts growth impact of Recovery Plan, EU funds

By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Italy has reduced its estimates for the economic...

8th April, 2022

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Explainer-Clock ticks down towards a Russian default

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia could face its first sovereign external default in over a century after it...

8th April, 2022