By Stephanie Lecocq and Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -A group of French farmers stormed into a major Paris farm fair on Saturday ahead of a planned visit by President Emmanuel Macron amid anger over costs, red tape and green regulations. Facing dozens of police officers inside the trade fair, the farmers were shouting and booing, …
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(Reuters) -The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison nine days ago, was handed to his mother on Saturday in the Arctic city of Salekhard, his spokeswoman said, though it was unclear what will happen next to the body. Navalny’s family and supporters have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen Valerie Hayer, the head of the liberal Renew group at the European Parliament, to lead his camp in June’s EU elections, French weekly newspaper La Tribune Dimanche reported on Saturday. Hayer, 37, replaced Stephane Sejourne as head of the Renew group after Sejourne was appointed minister …
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By Thomas Escritt and Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -“Dahomey”, French-Senegalese director Mati Diop’s film about how returning 26 treasures to Benin, art looted by western powers in the 19th century, sparked a reckoning with colonialism’s legacy, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear prize for best film on Saturday. The documentary, named after the West …
KYIV (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Saturday, said Germany was still discussing whether to supply long-range weapons to Ukraine. “Of course, everything (in regards to military support) we are delivering is too little,” she said at a press conference after paying an unannounced visit to …
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By Natalie Thomas, Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev BALAKLIIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – When Russian forces withdrew from the town of Balakliia in eastern Ukraine in late 2022, pursued by Ukrainian troops and under artillery fire, they left a poorly equipped group of volunteers to guard their retreat. The force of around 50 men came from …
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By Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli leaders planned to convene on Saturday to hear of possible progress in mediated negotiations on a new Gaza truce to recover hostages held by Hamas, but Palestinians saw little change in polarised positions almost five months into the war. Israeli delegates met on Friday in Paris …
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By Kacper Pempel WARSAW (Reuters) -A pile of dung was dumped outside the home of Moscow’s ambassador to Poland on Saturday as protesters marked the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of people also gathered outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw. Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s fight to repel …
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(Reuters) – Western leaders have been voicing their solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Here are some of the latest comments: U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: “The brave people of Ukraine fight on, unbowed in their determination to defend their freedom and future. NATO is stronger, larger, and more united than …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Pope Francis’s representatives in Poland said on Saturday that he had accepted the resignation of an archbishop who was accused in a documentary of turning a blind eye to child abuse. The TVN24 news channel’s documentary in 2021 alleged that priest Andrzej Dymer, who died that year, had abused children and that …
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