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By Maria Martinez and Kirsti Knolle BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The projected shortfall in Germany’s draft 2025 budget widened to 13.5 billion euros ($14.58 billion) from 12 billion euros as a result of the government’s new economic and tax estimates, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Thursday. Germany’s council of tax experts expects 58.1 billion euros ($62.72 …

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By Lauren Bacquie PARIS (Reuters) -France should charge visitors a small fee to see the Notre-Dame cathedral to help the country keep its world-famous churches and cathedrals in shape, the culture minister said. Rachida Dati told newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published late on Wednesday that by charging only 5 euros per visitor Notre-Dame …

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By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Daren Butler ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Two assailants – a man and a woman – …

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(Reuters) – Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in a gun attack on the headquarters of Turkey’s largest aerospace manufacturer TUSAS that Ankara blamed on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group. There has been no claim of responsibility but Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said at least one of the …

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BRUSSELS/CARACAS (Reuters) -The European Parliament on Thursday handed its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez for “representing the people of Venezuela fighting to restore freedom and democracy.” Venezuela held a presidential election in July, with the opposition publishing vote tallies it says show Gonzalez …

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By John Irish and Maya Gebeily PARIS (Reuters) -World powers raised $1 billion to ease the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon and support its army at a conference in Paris on Thursday, with France’s foreign minister urging Israel to heed the message to cease fire and focus on diplomacy. Some 70 government delegations and 15 international …

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