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By Jake Cordell and Essi Lehto TBILISI/VAALIMAA, Finland (Reuters) -Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at frontier crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing. Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War …

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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s parliamentary election on Sunday could make history, giving the country its first female prime minister at the head of its most right-wing government since World War Two. Giorgia Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy (FdI) barely scraped 4% of the vote in 2018, but the party is expected to …

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By Ardee NAPOLITANO and Sybille de La Hamaide BOUVINES, France (Reuters) – Emmanuel Lefebvre produces thousands of tonnes of endives on his farm in northern France annually, but this year he may abandon his crop because of the crippling energy costs required to freeze the harvested bulbs. Across northern and western Europe, vegetable producers are …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed in a television interview with BFM TV that a reform of the country’s pension system was necessary. Macron’s government has highlighted this planned reform as a key part of Macron’s new, five-year term as President. However, previous attempts to reform the pension system have met with widespread …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Mexico early on Thursday, claiming the life of a woman in Mexico City who fell and hit her head as residents evacuated their homes during the country’s second major temblor this week. The Mexico City government said the woman stumbled on the stairs of her home …

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By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante TERNI, Italy (Reuters) – Inflation, looming recession and impossibly high energy bills are among the daunting economic problems awaiting whoever wins Italy’s election on Sunday, and they are casting a particularly long shadow over the industrial city of Terni. According to Milan-based economic think-tank Cerved some 24.5% of Terni’s …

Old woes and new: business turmoil awaits Italy’s election winner Read More »

By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran’s president demanding U.S. guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the U.S. president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone …

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