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Nine dead in northern Italy floods, Formula One race called off

By Claudia Greco and Crispian Balmer BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) -Nine people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering floods and landslides, officials said on Wednesday. Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing …

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Erdogan rival sharpens tone on migrants before Turkey runoff

By Huseyin Hayatsever, Ali Kucukgocmen and Burcu Karakas ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Turkey’s presidential race accused the government on Wednesday of allowing 10 million “irregular” migrants to enter the country, marking a nationalist turn in his rhetoric ahead of a May 28 runoff vote. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, …

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US appeals judges express support for opponents of abortion pill

By Tom Hals, Andrew Goudsward and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Federal appeals court judges on Wednesday appeared to express support for opponents of the abortion pill mifepristone to pursue their challenge to its U.S. approval, which has potentially far-reaching consequences for abortion access across the country. From the start of the high-stakes oral arguments before the …

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Wall St ends sharply higher, dollar hits seven-week high as debt limit talks advance

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street rallied to a higher close on Wednesday, gathering momentum throughout the afternoon trading, and the dollar touched a six-week high as regional banks surged and negotiations in Washington over raising the debt ceiling progressed. All three major U.S. stock indexes rallied to end up more than …

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S.P. Hinduja, billionaire head of Britain’s richest family, dies at 87

LONDON (Reuters) -Srichand Hinduja, the Indian-born billionaire leader of a global business empire and the patriarch of Britain’s wealthiest family, has died aged 87, his daughters said on Wednesday. Hinduja, known by his initials S.P., was suffering from dementia and his family said he had “passed away peacefully this morning.” He was chairman of the …

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