Tag: prime-minister
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4 more Zika cases, likely homegrown, found in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Four more cases of Zika that were likely transmitted by mosquito bites in Texas have been found in the same neighborhood where the state’s first such case was discovered, state health officials said Friday.
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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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Invasive strep outbreak claims lives of 4 Alaskans
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Four Alaskans have died this year in an outbreak of invasive strep bacteria that has mostly affected the homeless and Alaska Natives in the state’s two largest cities, State epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin said Tuesday.
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India’s move to curb "black money" will break backbone of traffickers: Satyarthi
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has welcomed India’s overnight move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation to crack down on corruption and counterfeit currency, saying it would also to help curb human trafficking and child slavery. The shock currency move, announced late on Tuesday…
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Greek police fire teargas at pensioners during Athens protest
Greek police on Monday fired teargas to control a demonstration of pensioners protesting over cutbacks to their benefits, part of an austerity drive dictated by international lenders. About 1,500 pensioners attempted to march to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s office. Riot police blocked their path.
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Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel Medicine Prize for work on cell ‘recycling’
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for his work on autophagy — a process whereby cells “eat themselves” — which when disrupted can cause Parkinson's and diabetes. Autophagy is a fundamental process in cell physiology with major implications for human health and disease. The process is essential for the orderly degradation and recycling of damaged…
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Thousands march in Dublin, abroad for Irish abortion rights
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Thousands of protestors marched in Dublin, and Irish expatriates joined in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, to put pressure on the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws. Regulations in the once stridently Catholic Ireland are among the strictest in the world and next…
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Global fund raises $12.9 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – A global fund has raised over $12.9 billion from international donors as part of a campaign aimed at effectively eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by 2030, conference organizers said on Saturday. The Global Fund asked government, faith-based and private-sector partners to raise a total of $13 billion at a…
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Japan’s Abe pledges $30 billion for Africa over next three years
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private support for infrastructure development on the continent. Resource-poor Japan has long been interested in tapping Africa's vast natural resources, even more so since dependence on oil and natural…