By Nora Buli TROLL A PLATFORM, North Sea (Reuters) -The heads of NATO and the European Commission flew on Friday to a North Sea platform to discuss the security of supplies and infrastructure, a visit underlining Norway’s importance for gas shipments since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Troll A platform extracts gas from Norway’s biggest …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris as a new demonstration took place against the French government’s plans to raise the country’s retirement age. Reuters TV broadcast images of tear gas being used by police to deal with crowd disorder as protesters gathered in Paris’ Place de la Concorde, …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Italy is preparing to approve a decree allocating 7.8 billion euros ($8.32 billion) to tackle a severe drought that is hitting the country, Rome’s energy and environment minister was quoted as saying on Friday. Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after the one last …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, triggering boos and shouts of “Resign!” in rare chaotic scenes in the French parliament. The move will ensure the bill raising the retirement …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas at protesters on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, where some 7,000 people demonstrated against the government’s pension changes in a spontaneous and unplanned rally. A Reuters reporter saw cobble stones being thrown at the police, who charged to break up groups of protesters. The demonstration was …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron’s move to shun the National Assembly and push through an unpopular pension system overhaul without a vote in the lower house may secure a reform he says is needed for France’s finances. But it may end up a Pyrrhic victory. By using special constitutional powers instead of …
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By Yew Lun Tian and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to soon visit Russia’s Vladimir Putin and, according to media, hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy weeks after China proposed a 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine. China’s foreign ministry has said it is in communication …
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By Sandra Stojanovic SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (Reuters) -An atmospheric river dumped more torrential rain on California on Wednesday, forcing evacuations, power outages and road closures, while the remnants of a powerful Nor’easter blizzard buried much of upstate New York and New England under snow. The West Coast is getting pounded by an usually wet season …
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By Mike Collett-White NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – From a mortar position behind a ridge beyond which frontline Ukrainian and Russian troops face off outside the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, a crew adjusted its weapons before firing off seven rounds. The impact of each could be heard in the distance seconds later, while the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. was informed of Poland’s decision to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, the White House said on Thursday. “We continue to closely coordinate with our allies and partners, including Poland, as we provide assistance to Ukraine,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Katharine …
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