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Parched tourists seek gelato and shade in sweltering Paris and Rome
PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - Tourists in Rome and Paris scaled back their sightseeing in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday, dousing themselves at fountains and cooling down with ice cream as a heatwave continued in continental Europe.
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Parched tourists seek gelato and shade in sweltering Paris and Rome
PARIS/ROME, June 25 (Reuters) - Tourists in Rome and Paris scaled back their sightseeing in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday, dousing themselves at fountains and cooling down with ice cream as a heatwave continued in continental Europe.
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Rain gives Canadian farmers relief for now from three-year drought
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - With drought turning Chad Ross's pastures brown, the Saskatchewan rancher sent 140 head of cattle to slaughter earlier than usual this spring, as the Canadian Prairies' three-year drought made them too expensive to feed.
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Monsoon covers most parts of cane, cotton, soybean fields in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains have covered most parts of cane, cotton, and soybean fields in western India and some parts of rice-sowing areas in central and northern India, the country's weather office said on Tuesday.
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Japan set for average-to-warmer weather in July-September
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to experience an average-to-warmer weather between July and September, the country's official forecaster said on Tuesday.
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Stop building on floodplains, say flood-hit U.S. families
NEW YORK, June 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of worsening floods linked to climate change plan to "bombard" U.S. lawmakers with videos and postcards showing the human toll of flooding, organizers of the campaign said Monday.
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Rivals ride rising rates as Lloyd's abandons some ship insurance
LONDON/NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters) - Rivals to Lloyd's of London are riding a rising tide of marine insurance rates, leaving the 330-year-old market behind after it jettisoned sections of its oldest line of business last year.
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France prepares to swelter in record high June temperatures
PARIS (Reuters) - Authorities in Paris are setting up "cool rooms" in municipal buildings, opening pools for late-night swimming and installing extra drinking fountains as France braces for a "potentially dangerous" heatwave that could see record temperatures for June.
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France prepares to swelter in record high June temperatures
PARIS, June 24 (Reuters) - Authorities in Paris are setting up "cool rooms" in municipal buildings, opening pools for late-night swimming and installing extra drinking fountains as France braces for a "potentially dangerous" heatwave that could see record temperatures for June.
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Storms strand passengers in Dallas, thousands without power
(Reuters) - About 1,000 flights were canceled or delayed in Dallas on Sunday night and more than 80,000 homes and businesses left without power early Monday, after a line of thunderstorms rolled across a northeastern swath of Texas before heading east.
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