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Drought takes toll on Tuscany’s famed olive oil and wine production
By Matteo Berlenga SAN CASCIANO IN VAL DI PESA, Italy (Reuters) - Farmers in Tuscany, the heart of Italy's prized wine and olive oil industry, are battling to salvage as much as they can of this year'...
Aug 03, 2022
Romanian Black Sea port to keep shipping Ukrainian grain, seeks EU funding
By Luiza Ilie CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) - At the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta dockers have worked for months to ship out Ukrainian grain in addition to their usual loads from Romania and it...
Aug 03, 2022
Russia says it destroyed weapons depot in Ukraine’s Lviv region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday its missiles had destroyed a depot containing weapons supplied by Poland in Ukraine's Lviv region. Reuters was not able to immediately in...
Aug 03, 2022
Explainer-Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account?
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon on Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 215 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital. Despite the dev...
Aug 03, 2022
Hong Kong ‘Captain America’ protester gets lighter sentence after appeal
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong activist dubbed "Captain America 2.0" for wielding the superhero's shield during pro-democracy protests in 2019 had his jail sentence reduced to five y...
Aug 03, 2022
UK’s South East Water imposes restrictions as dry weather continues
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's South East Water announced a temporary ban on the use of sprinklers and hosepipes in parts of the south of England, citing record breaking temperatures and the driest eigh...
Aug 03, 2022
Russia lifts house arrest of Mau, but orders him not to travel
(Reuters) - Russia has lifted the house arrest of leading economist Vladimir Mau but demanded he give an assurance that he will not leave the country, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday citin...
Aug 03, 2022
South Africa’s Eskom to resume power cuts after 11-day pause
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom said it would implement "Stage 2" scheduled power cuts from 1600 until midnight local time (1400 to 2200 GMT) on Wednesday and Thursday due t...
Aug 03, 2022
‘The turbine works’: Germany’s Scholz points finger at Russia in energy row
MUELHEIM AN DER RUHR, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday blamed Moscow for delays in the return of gas turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that had been serviced in Cana...
Aug 03, 2022
UK Conservative Party enhance security around ballot for leadership
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Conservative Party said on Wednesday it had enhanced security around the ballot process to decide its next leader, who will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister....
Aug 03, 2022
