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Gaza artist mixes beauty with pain in her ballet paintings
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian artist Abeer Jebril's dark-coloured paintings show ballerinas chained in barbed wire, dancing on rocks, or facing barricades to mirror what she calls ...
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Warning for increased risk of fire danger issued for Northern California counties
(Reuters) - A "Red Flag Warning" was issued late on Sunday for several Northern California counties, implying an increased risk of fire danger, the U.S. National Weather Service said. A Red Flag Warni...
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Thousands flee as lava spewing from volcano on Spain’s La Palma island destroys houses
LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from villages in the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma as lava spews from an erupting volcano, local officials said. The 15-me...
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Australian trade min seeks French meeting, confident subs row won’t derail EU talks
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Monday he will seek a meeting with his French counterpart to ease tensions over Canberra's decision to scrap a $40 bill...
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China to Wall Street: regulatory crackdown not aimed at restricting private firms
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Scott Murdoch BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's sweeping regulatory crackdown of recent months does not aim to rein in the country's private enterprises or decouple from t...
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Swedish budget gives boost for welfare, climate, jobs
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-left government said on Monday it would boost welfare spending by 23 billion Swedish crowns ($2.6 billion) next year in a budget aimed at reducing social inequali...
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European shares slide 1% on global growth, taper worries
(Reuters) - European shares sank 1% to a near two-month low on Monday, tracking Asian equities lower, as investors feared major central banks would start giving cues about tapering their pandemic-era ...
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Marketmind: Watch those spiralling gas prices
A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao. A massive week in monetary policy, with some 16 central banks holding meetings and possibly the first rate hike from a developed nation -- Norway. Not to say o...
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India’s Cars24 nearly doubles valuation to over $1.8 billion after fund raise
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian used-car platform Cars24 said on Monday it has raised $450 million from investors including SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2, nearly doubling its valuation to $1.84 bil...
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Exclusive: Investors call for governments to toughen climate accounting – letter
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Investors managing more than $2.5 trillion have called on governments to compel companies and auditors to file financial accounts aligned with the world's net zero e...
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