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By LEA GUEDJ PARIS (Reuters) – The trial of suspects in the attack that killed 130 people across Paris in 2015 will come to an end on Wednesday when judges hand in their verdict, in what victims said will be a relief after nearly 10 months of harrowing hearings. In the deadliest attack ever seen …

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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Germany can support a European Union proposal to effectively ban new fossil fuel car sales from 2035, if an option is added to allow sales of cars running on “CO2 neutral” fuels, German environment minister Steffi Lemke said on Tuesday. “This addition is important to Germany in terms of our position, we …

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By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces shelled central districts of the city of Kharkiv on Monday, hitting apartment buildings and a primary school and killing five people and wounding 22, the regional governor said. Five children were among the injured, Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region, said. The attacks shattered …

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PARIS (Reuters) -The French state will raise the salary index of civil servants by 3.5% in order to tackle rising inflation, Public Sector Minister Stanislas Guerini said on Tuesday. “In view of unprecedented inflation, we took an exceptional measure, an overall increase in the salary index of public servants,” Guerini said on Twitter, confirming trade …

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By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 50, the regional governor said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1,000 people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack, …

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SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday asked for anti-aircraft defence systems, more sanctions on Russia and security guarantees as he addressed leaders of the Group of Seven summit, a European official said. Addressing the summit in the Bavarian Alps via video link, Zelenskiy also asked for help to export grain …

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By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) – A NATO summit this week is unlikely to see a breakthrough to overcome Turkey’s opposition to Sweden and Finland’s membership bids as Ankara takes an unrushed approach to negotiations, according to Turkish officials and Western diplomats. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland …

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