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Clashes as French protesters rally against Macron’s pension bill

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Marco Trujillo, Stephane Mahe and Ingrid Melander PARIS/NANTES, France (Reuters) -Black-clad groups set fire to garbage cans and threw projectiles at police in Paris, who charged at them and threw teargas in confrontations on the fringes of a march against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill. Clashes also erupted on Tuesday …

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US to stop exchanging nuclear data with Russia after Moscow’s treaty suspension

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has told Russia it will cease exchanging some data on its nuclear forces following Moscow’s refusal to do so, the White House said on Tuesday, calling this a response to Russia’s suspending participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty. While Russian President Vladimir …

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German coalition government ends dispute after marathon negotiations

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s ruling coalition government on Tuesday presented the results of 30-hour negotiations aimed at resolving a spat that has threatened to delay major policy initiatives in Europe’s top economy. Finance Minister Christian Lindner said while discussions had been intense the outcome was “good”, adding there would be no major impact on the government …

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At least 39 die in fire during protest at migrant holding center near U.S. border

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant detention center in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, apparently caused by a protest over deportations, officials said on Tuesday. Twenty-eight of the dead …

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Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Russian forces claim Bakhmut advances

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

(Reuters) – Russian forces are edging forward nL1N35Z2KR in the bombed-out eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a Moscow-installed official said on Tuesday, but British intelligence said a Russian tank division had taken heavy losses in the nearby town of Avdiivka. NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MILITARY AID * The United States has not seen any indications nW1N34O04B …

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WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. The U.N. agency said the aim was …

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Israel’s ‘fired’ defence chief hangs on as Netanyahu hits pause

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli defence chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country’s political crisis to a climax is remaining in office until further notice, aides said on Tuesday, suggesting government indecision on how to proceed. Beset by unprecedented nationwide protests at his nationalist-religious coalition’s signature plan to overhaul …

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Greece to hold national election on May 21 – PM

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm. Mitsotakis’s New Democracy Party has held a comfortable lead over opposition leftist Syriza since it came to power …

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Ex-student shoots dead 3 children, 3 adults at Tennessee Christian school

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

By Kevin Wurm NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee’s capital city before police killed the assailant, authorities said. The motive was not immediately known, but the suspect had drawn detailed maps of the …

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IOC should stick to ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes – Poland, UK, Baltic states

28 Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from the 2024 Olympics in Paris unless Moscow pulls its forces out of Ukraine, according to Poland, Britain and the Baltic states, despite the IOC saying it plans to let them compete as neutrals. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctioned Russia and Belarus after Moscow’s …

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