SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 113, local civil defense said on Friday, up from 107 in the previous day, while another 146 people were still unaccounted for.
Storms and floods battering the South American country's southernmost state, home to some 10.9 million people, have also left more than 337,000 displaced.
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KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine may face an increase in electricity shortages this summer caused by recent Russian attacks on power stations amid rising consumption and a repair campaign at nuclear power plants, the head of the country's grid operator said on Friday.
Since late March, the Ukrainian energy sector has been the target of massive Russian missile and drone attacks, causing blackouts in many regions and raising the issue of decentralisation of... (continue reading...)
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business.
Farmers were joined by representatives of other branches of the Solidarity trade union, which organised the protest, such as miners and workers from the automotive sector.
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(Reuters) -Ford Motor said on Friday John Lawler was stepping down as CFO in early 2025 and that former Lucid Motors finance chief Sherry House would be his successor.
Lawler, Ford's CFO since October 2020, would take on the additional role of being the company's vice chair and House will join the company as vice president of finance, both effective in early June, and will succeed him later.
(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
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WOODSTOCK, Virginia (Reuters) - The education board for Shenandoah County, Virginia, voted early on Friday to restore Confederate generals' names to two public schools in the predominantly white, rural and solidly Republican district, becoming the first in the U.S. to take such an action.
By a 6-1 vote, the board overturned its 2020 decision that stripped a high school and elementary school of their... (continue reading...)
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