Philippines' Duterte signs Paris pact on climate change

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change restricting greenhouse gas emissions, putting the deal one step closer to ratification in the country, a senator said on Wednesday.

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Bright lava lights up Sicilian sky as Mount Etna erupts

ROME (Reuters) - Bright lava lit up the night sky on the Italian island of Sicily on Monday as Mount Etna erupted for the first time this year.

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VW has spent $2.9 billion on U.S. buybacks: court document

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG has paid $2.9 billion to repurchase nearly 138,000 U.S. diesel vehicles through Feb. 18 in the wake of its emissions scandal, a court document made public on Tuesday shows.

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One dead as tornado rakes northern Illinois

(Reuters) - At least one person was killed when a rare winter tornado raked northern Illinois on Tuesday, part of a band of severe weather that pummeled the area with baseball-sized hail, the National Weather Service said.

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U.S. judge to rule on Dakota Access Pipeline easement in early March

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Tuesday he hopes to decide by about March 7 on a request by Native American tribes for the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw an easement on religious grounds for the final link of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Japan nuclear regulator asks Tepco to resubmit safety check application

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear regulator on Tuesday requested the Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings resubmit safety check applications for its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant after a review of its standards showed past inadequacies had not been properly reported.

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Trump to order review of Obama waterway regulation: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a measure on Tuesday directing regulators to review an Obama administration regulation that expanded the number of federally protected waterways, a senior White House official said.

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