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Fires then floods: Argentina province under water months after blazes
By Sebastian Toba and Lucila Sigal CORRIENTES, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina's northeastern province of Corrientes has been hit by widespread...
Read morePolice investigating Russian Orthodox church fire in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - French police have begun an investigation into the cause of a fire that ravaged a small Russian...
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Italian villas seized from Russian TV host damaged by fire, paint
MILAN (Reuters) -A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at a villa belonging to Russian state TV...
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Burning bus sends clouds of black smoke into Paris sky – Reuters witness
PARIS (Reuters) - Thick black smoke billowed above central Paris on Monday after a bus caught fire on the upmarket...
Read moreNightclub blast in Azerbaijan capital kills 1, injures 31- AP
(Corrects to close quotation marks in third paragraph) (Reuters) - An explosion struck a nightclub in Azerbaijan's capital Baku early...
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IAEA asks to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Ifax
(Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has requested that its specialists be authorised to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
Read moreFuel storage unit on fire in Russian city near Ukrainian border-governor
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at a fuel storage facility in the Russian city of Belgorod located close to...
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Multiple rockets hit Lviv city in western Ukraine
By Natalia Zinets and Mari Saito LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday,...
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Yemen’s Houthis suspend strikes on Saudi Arabia for three days
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -Yemen's Houthi group said on Saturday it was suspending missile and drone strikes on...
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Saudi civil defence puts out fires at fuel storage tanks hit by Houthis
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's civil defence has extinguished fires at two fuel storage tanks in the Red Sea port city...
Read moreS.African court postpones trial of alleged parliament arsonist
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African court on Friday postponed to May a criminal case against the man accused...
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GCC officials consider inviting Yemen Houthis to consultations in Riyadh
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -The Saudi-based Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is considering inviting the Houthi movement and other...
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Two dead, 18 injured in gas explosion at restaurant in Mexican tourist town
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An explosion caused by a gas leak killed two people and left 18 injured on Monday...
Read moreFire at China steelmaker Bao Gang plant in Inner Mongolia kills 7
BEIJING (Reuters) - A fire that broke out at a Bao Gang United Steel plant in China's Inner Mongolia region...
Read moreSixth fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp this year makes about 2,000 homeless
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A blaze swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing...
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Fire hits London high-rise, woman rescued from 17th floor
LONDON (Reuters) -A fire broke out in a high-rise building in east London on Monday afternoon, trapping a woman on...
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S.Korea’s Moon orders protection of nuclear power plant amid wildfire
By Cynthia Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Friday ordered an all-out efforts...
Read moreFire at communications centre disrupts internet in Iranian capital
(Reuters) - A fire at Tehran’s main telecommunications building disrupted internet services on Friday, Iran’s communications ministry said. It said...
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Russia blames attack at nuclear power station on Ukrainian saboteurs
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's defence ministry on Friday blamed an attack at the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in...
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Fire put out near Ukrainian nuclear power plant
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's state emergency service said on Friday that fire has been put out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
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