Bird flu likely circulated in US cows for four months before diagnosis -paper
By Tom Polansek and Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bird flu likely circulated in U.S. dairy cows on a limited basis for about four months before federal officials confirmed the disease that has now spread to nine states, according to a new f...
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Argentina farmlands face cold snap that could slow leafhopper plague
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina farm regions will see near-freezing temperatures in the coming days, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said in a report on Thursday, which could help against an insect plague hitting the corn cr...
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Bird flu outbreak in dairy cows fails to deter US raw milk sellers
By Lisa Baertlein, Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeterred by federal health warnings for consumers to avoid drinking unpasteurized milk in light of a bird flu outbreak that has ...
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Pentagon acknowledges US mistakenly killed civilian in 2023 Syria strike, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has acknowledged in an internal investigation that the United States mistakenly killed a civilian in Syria in a 2023 drone strike, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The U.S. Central Command assessment con...
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Heavy rains in big Brazil farm state disrupt soy, corn harvests in final stages
By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Torrential rainfall in Brazil's second-largest soybean and sixth-largest corn state is disrupting the final stages of the harvest, according to a meteorologist's bulletin on Thursday, a grains br...
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Why Palestinians can count on American students but not Arab allies to protest
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maya Gebeily CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in Gaza, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar p...
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Looted gold, royal treasures go on show back home in Ghana
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) - Gold neck discs, a sword, a royal chair and dozens of other treasures looted during British colonial rule went on show in Ghana this week for the first time since their historic return. People travelle...
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Biden thinks he can flip North Carolina, polls show a rough road
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Since 1968, North Carolina has backed only two Democrats for president: Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008. President Joe Biden visits the southeastern state on Thursday for the third time this year, bettin...
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Hugo Boss shares fall on weaker China demand, US uncertainty
By Linda Pasquini (Reuters) -Shares in Hugo Boss slumped nearly 10% on Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 2022 after the premium apparel brand flagged weaker demand in China and concern about U.S. consumer sentiment ahead of the presidential el...
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California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters
By Lisa Richwine and Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling the...
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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 13, Lula visits region
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 13, local authorities said on Thursday, as the state government declared a state of public calamity to handle the dramatic situation. ...
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European court backs Italy in Greek statue dispute with Getty Museum
ROME (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favour of Italy's long-standing demand that the Getty Villa Museum in the United States return an ancient Greek statue which Rome claims was smuggled out of the country...
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US weekly jobless claims unchanged; layoffs decline in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at lower levels last week as the labor market remains fairly tight. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits were unchanged at a seasonally...
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Olympics-Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help reduce the risks of pollution in the Seine as the Olympics approach and make the river suitable for bathing. The primary goa...
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Insurer Chubb prepares to pay $350 million in Baltimore bridge collapse, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 million payout to the state of Maryland, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The payment is expected to be authori...
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India's Kerala shuts schools, colleges amid sweltering heat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, urging people in the coastal region to limit exposure to the sun and take care to prevent wildfires. With most parts of India...
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Hailstorm ravages Chablis vineyards in French region of Burgundy
PARIS (Reuters) - A violent hailstorm ravaged vineyards on Wednesday in Chablis in the French region of Burgundy, with hailstones the size of ping pong balls slicing off leaves and damaging vines, winemakers said on Thursday. The storm that struck ...
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Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial to impose more fines on the former U.S. president for violating a gag order tha...
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Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden to walk a careful line of denouncing antisemitism while supporting young Americans' right to protest and trying to limit l...
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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's war in Gaza have reached the point that scores of New York City police marched onto campus to clear an encampment and arrest...
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Unions, businesses eye migrants to fill labor gaps in Ohio
By Kristina Cooke and Howard Schneider COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - On a noisy factory floor in Columbus, Ohio, trade union apprentice Jorge Herrera moved quickly as he assembled ventilation ducts to be used in the construction of a large car manufac...
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'Boom, boom': Ageing boomers discover Brussels' largest night club
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jeanine, 79, finds today's music too "boom boom" and she prefers old time tunes but that did not stop her hitting the dance floor at Brussels' largest night club along with 10 other elderly residents of three nursing homes in t...
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Carbon credit standards approval extended to 98% of market
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Five of the world's largest carbon credit programmes have now been given initial approval by a body tasked with raising standards in the market for carbon offsets, where some of the biggest buyers include Micr...
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US class action settlements flooded with fraudulent claims by scammers
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats. The company, which...
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Overnight storm in France kills at least one person
PARIS (Reuters) - An overnight storm in northern France that caused mudslides has led to at least one death, a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said in a statement on Thursday, adding that her partner was injured and taken to the hospital. The ...
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