By Elvira Pollina and Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) -Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “better than he was”, his friend Fedele Confalonieri said on Friday after visiting him in hospital, where he is being treated for a lung infection caused by chronic leukaemia. The 86-year-old billionaire media tycoon was rushed to Milan’s San Raffaele …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is planning to visit Canada in the coming weeks, a spokesperson for the Canadian Prime Minister told Reuters on Friday. Shmyhal said in an interview with Canada’s Globe and Mail that he intends to seek supplies of ammunition and armoured vehicles for a counteroffensive against invading Russian forces during …
By Michel Rose and James Pomfret GUANGZHOU/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing’s growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States. The two leaders visited …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France needs to “go through a healing period” after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against plans to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, though she offered no clear path out of the political turmoil. The protests, which began as a trade union-led movement against President Emmanuel Macron’s contested …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus will offer Ukraine technical training on landmine clearing as part of its humanitarian assistance, its defence minister said on Friday. Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who is visiting Cyprus on Friday, is set to tour areas where the training will take place. “We will host personnel which will handle de-mining and …
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(Reuters) – Russia has seized the west bank of the Bakhmutka River, endangering a key Ukraine supply route, in its push to regain control of the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, the British defence ministry said on Friday. “Russia has made further gains and has now highly likely advanced into the town centre … Ukraine’s …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU in mid-2022 over the law banning the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender …
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By Antony Paone, Sarah Meyssonnier and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favoured by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks during the eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform. The bistro La Rotonde, whose awning was set alight as …
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By Kai Pfaffenbach and Kwang JirapornKuhakan NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian and Russian forces battled in Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city which has become a symbol of Kyiv’s defiance, while seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas. Ukrainian soldiers in trenches just outside Bakhmut said they were ready for a …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) – Just over two weeks after being arrested at a spontaneous protest in Paris, student Louise Thomas took to the streets again during an eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. The 23 year-old political science student was holding a sign that read …
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