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World leaders urged to learn from pandemic in adapting to climate change
BARCELONA, Jan 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world what it is like to go through a dangerous emergency of the kind that could occur if climate change accelerates - and offers lessons on how to respond, the head of the U.N. climate science panel said Friday.
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UPDATE 1-Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step for U.S. climate action
Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Joe Biden led the United States back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, after taking office Wednesday, diplomats and green groups breathed a collective sigh of relief - before urging him to step up cuts to U.S. emissions.
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Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step on U.S. climate action
Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Joe Biden leads the United States back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, after taking office Wednesday, diplomats and green groups will breathe a collective sigh of relief - before urging him to step up cuts to U.S. emissions.
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Russia's Putin marks Orthodox Epiphany with icy dip
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in nothing but a pair of blue swimming trunks, immersed himself in the freezing water of a cross-shaped pool near Moscow on Tuesday, observing an Orthodox Christian ritual to mark the feast of Epiphany.
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Spain declares disaster-zone status for Madrid, other storm-hit regions
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government classified Madrid and other regions struck by Storm Filomena last week as disaster zones on Tuesday, a move which will trigger emergency subsidies and other support measures.
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UPDATE 1-Spain declares disaster-zone status for Madrid, other storm-hit regions
MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Spain's government classified Madrid and other regions struck by Storm Filomena last week as disaster zones on Tuesday, a move which will trigger emergency subsidies and other support measures.
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Kenya braces for return of devastating locust swarms
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Swarms of desert locusts have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak havoc on their crops and pasture in previous years.
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Chaos as snow hits Japanese highway, 134 cars in crashes; one dead
TOKYO (Reuters) - At least 134 cars were involved in a series of crashes in Japan on Tuesday when a snow storm struck a stretch of highway and one person was killed and a dozen hurt in the chaos.
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Australian weather bureau says La Nina likely peaked; heavy rain still expected
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Heavy rains are expected to continue into the early autumn in Australia, although the 2020-21 La NiƱa weather pattern has likely peaked, the country's weather bureau said on Tuesday.
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UPDATE 1-Sulawesi quake death toll at 84 as Indonesia battles series of disasters
JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island last week has killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 30,000, according to search and rescue agency (Basarnas) data on Monday.
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