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Greenland experienced 'massive' ice melt this week, scientists say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of Florida in 2 inches (5.1 cm) of water, scientists said.
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Rights groups, family sound alarm over prominent Bahraini hunger striker
DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent imprisoned Bahraini opposition figure has lost 10 kg during the first three weeks of a hunger strike, a family member said on Friday, as rights groups called for his release and the return of a confiscated manuscript he had written.
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UPDATE 2-Hard-won gains at risk as Delta variant spreads- WHO
GENEVA, July 30 (Reuters) - The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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UPDATE 2-Canada says Delta variant 'formidable foe' at start of fourth wave
OTTAWA, July 30 (Reuters) - Canada must vaccinate as many people as possible and cautiously relax public health measures as COVID-19 case numbers creep higher at the start of what could be a fourth wave, the country's top health official said on Friday.
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Pakistan's largest city to undergo partial lockdown to curb virus spread
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistanâs largest city, Karachi, is to undergo a week-long partial lockdown starting Saturday to curb the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, as the cityâs hospitals are close to saturation levels, the provincial chief minister said on Friday.
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U.S. Senate suspends vote on $1 trillion infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate unexpectedly suspended a vote to take up a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Friday, throwing a new hurdle in front of President Joe Biden's top priority of renovating the nation's roads and bridges.
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UPDATE 2-U.S. Senate suspends vote on $1 trillion infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unexpectedly suspended a vote to take up a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Friday, throwing a new hurdle in front of President Joe Biden's top priority of renovating the nation's roads and bridges.
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Depiction of Macron as Hitler tests France's tolerance for satire
PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - Michel-Ange Flori, owner of a French street advertising business, decided to use some of his billboards for what he called an exercise in political satire: posting a picture showing President Emmanuel Macron dressed like Adolf Hitler.
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UPDATE 1-Rights groups, family sound alarm over prominent Bahraini hunger striker
DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - A prominent imprisoned Bahraini opposition figure has lost 10 kg during the first three weeks of a hunger strike, a family member said on Friday, as rights groups called for his release and the return of a confiscated manuscript he had written.
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UPDATE 2-COVID vaccine protection highly likely to wane over time - UK advisers say
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - The protection that vaccines give against coronavirus infection, and potentially severe disease, is highly likely to wane over time so vaccine campaigns will continue for years to come, scientists told the British government's advisory group.
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