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Hotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in Chennai
Reuters . Chennai | Updated at 12:48am on June 20, 2019
Hotels in India’s southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million...
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Stoinis ‘a chance’ to play against Bangladesh
Reuters . Nottingham | Updated at 12:25am on June 20, 2019
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis is not guaranteed to play against Bangladesh on Thursday but is being retained in Australia’s Cricket World Cup squad after fighting his...
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Shahidi shrugged off bouncer blow to stop mum worrying
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi has said he disregarded medical advice and kept on batting after taking a bouncer to the helmet in Tuesday’s World Cup defeat...
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Cambodia targets 140 opposition figures to silence dissent: UN
Reuters . Geneva | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
Cambodian authorities have questioned, summoned or detained more than 140 members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party in an escalating suppression of dissent, two...
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Emissions need to be halved to avoid 3C warming: scientists
Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to reach double that by the...
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Iran won’t give Europe more time to save nuclear deal
Reuterse . London | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
Iran said on Wednesday it would not give European powers more time beyond July 8 to save its nuclear deal by shielding it from US...
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Activists urge Google to break up before regulators force it to
Reuters . San Francisco | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
Shareholder activists want Google parent Alphabet Inc to break itself up before regulators force the world’s biggest internet ad seller to split into different pieces.SumOfUs,...
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China’s Belt and Road can speed dev, needs transparency: WB
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
China’s massive Belt and Road infrastructure drive could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank said on...
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US, China rekindle trade talks ahead of Trump-Xi G20 meet
Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
China and the United States are rekindling trade talks ahead of a meeting next week between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, cheering financial markets...
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In India, all eyes on a monsoon that is critical for the economy
Reuters . Mumbai | Updated at 12:00am on June 20, 2019
India’s monsoon has progressed more slowly than usual after hitting Kerala nearly a week late. Monsoon rains have been 44 per cent lower-than-average so far...
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