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China’s oil demand bounce may push producers to reconsider output – IEA

By Mohi Narayan and Shariq Khan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) – Oil producers may have to reconsider their output policies following a demand recovery in China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Sunday. Demand in China, the world’s largest crude importer and No. 2 buyer of liquefied …

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East African regional leaders demand ceasefire in eastern Congo

By Clement Manirabarusha BUJUMBURA (Reuters) -East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country’s military against a rebel group it has accused Rwanda of supporting. At a summit in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, the leaders of …

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Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits

(Corrects artist’s surname throughout to Konboye not Komboye) ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Eugene Konboye, a Nigerian artist, is turning discarded plastic flip-flop sandals into colourful portraits in an effort to help clean up the environment in a country where plastic pollution is prevalent. What started as an assignment in college in 2017, has become a full …

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Brutal cold seizes northeast U.S., shattering record lows

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A dangerous combination of record-setting cold temperatures and powerful winds buffeted the northeastern United States on Saturday, creating life-threatening conditions and causing the death of an infant in Massachusetts. New Hampshire’s Mount Washington overnight recorded a wind chill – a measure of how the combined effect of air and wind …

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U.S. warns Turkey on exports seen to boost Russia’s war effort

By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, and it could move to punish Turkish companies or banks contravening sanctions. Brian Nelson, the U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official, …

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Arctic blast grips U.S. Northeast, bringing frostbite-threatening temperatures

(Corrects temperature in America’s coldest spot to minus 39 F in, instead of minus 30 F, in paragraph 8) By Frank McGurty and Rich McKay WORCESTER, Mass. (Reuters) -A powerful arctic blast swept into the U.S. Northeast on Friday, pushing temperatures to perilously low levels across the region, including New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, where the …

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China’s balloon over the U.S. seen as bold but clumsy espionage tactic

By Steve Holland, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China’s flight of a suspected surveillance balloon over the United States appears to mark a more aggressive – albeit puzzling – espionage tactic than relying on satellites and the theft of industrial and defense secrets, security experts said. Both the United States and China have …

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Ukraine, Russia swap prisoners; bodies of British volunteers returned

(Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia traded almost 200 prisoners of war in a swap announced separately by both sides on Saturday, with the bodies of two British volunteers also being sent back to Ukraine. The Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said 116 Ukrainians had been returned, while Russian news agencies cited Moscow’s defence ministry …

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UAE, France, India to cooperate on energy, climate -state news agency

(Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), France and India established a tripartite cooperation initiative in several areas including energy and climate change and drew a road map to implement it, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by William Maclean)