Tag: pacific
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Canada approves new pipelines to boost exports, greens ready to fight
By David Ljunggren and Leah Schnurr OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Tuesday approved Kinder Morgan Inc's hotly contested plan to twin a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast, setting up a battle with environmentalists who helped elect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The government, under pressure from both green groups and the…
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Red Cross struggles to raise funds for North Korean flood relief
The Red Cross is struggling to raise needed funds to aid flood-affected regions of North Korea after a disappointing response from the international community to its emergency appeal, a spokesman said on Saturday. At least 133 people have died in North Korea and some 600,000 people have been affected by flooding caused by heavy rain…
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Vaccines put brakes on yellow fever outbreaks, more may pop up: WHO
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – A major yellow fever outbreak in Angola and two smaller flare-ups in Uganda and Congo are largely under control but countries have been warned to be vigilant in case the disease pops up elsewhere, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Yellow fever is hard to spot early…
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Australian asylum ruling paves way for deportation of infants
By Colin Packham and Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia's High Court threw out a challenge to offshore immigration detention camps on Wednesday, clearing the way for the deportation of dozens of infants born in Australia to detained asylum seekers. The court rejected a legal test case brought by an unidentified Bangladeshi woman that challenged…