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Analysis-Race to the bottom for deep-sea minerals centers on tiny Nauru

By David Stanway, Melanie Burton and Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world’s seabeds should be mined for nickel and other green energy transition minerals. The complex fight pits competing visions of how best …

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Japan’s Kishida vows safety of G7 meetings after ‘smoke bomb’ attack

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a day after escaping an apparent attack, vowed to ensure the safety of Group of Seven dignitaries visiting his country, beginning with tighter security for climate ministers gathering in Sapporo. “My security has become even heavier this morning. It’s so tight I think it is going to be …

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After 18 years, Europe’s largest nuclear reactor starts regular output

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe’s largest, began regular output early on Sunday, its operator said, boosting energy security in a region to which Russia has cut gas and power supplies. Nuclear power remains controversial in Europe, primarily due to safety concerns, and news of OL3’s start-up comes …

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Texas county keeps libraries open amid fight over banned books

By Evan Garcia and Brad Brooks LLANO, Texas (Reuters) – A rural Texas county’s public libraries will remain open while a court battle continues over whether local officials can remove books deemed inappropriate, commissioners decided on Thursday. The Llano County commissioners in central Texas held a special meeting to consider closing the three public library …

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Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, paramilitaries

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Clashes between Sudan’s main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at least 25 people, a doctors’ group said, in an apparent struggle for control amid the country’s halting moves toward elections after a military coup. The Sudanese Doctors’ Union said 183 people were wounded …

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Exclusive-Sri Lanka’s bondholders send debt rework proposal to government, sources say

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A committee of Sri Lanka’s international private creditors sent its first debt rework proposal to the country’s authorities regarding more than $12 billion in bonds outstanding, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. It is the first bondholder proposal after the island nation …

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Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges

By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his …

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