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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -The French government is reviewing whether Nissan’s European business paid suppliers on time, and it has asked the automaker to submit extensive financial records for 2024, correspondence reviewed by Reuters showed. The French economy ministry’s competition department informed Nissan Automotive Europe of the review last month, saying it was part …

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By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Tehran and Washington signalled a possible softening in nuclear tensions on Wednesday, with Iran insisting it has no ambitions to build nuclear weapons and the U.S. expressing readiness to resume talks aimed at resolving the long-standing standoff. A few hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, according to a statement from the Brazilian government. During the meeting, Lula expressed his belief that a military response will not bring an end to the conflict …

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By Tom Balmforth and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged world powers to help stop Russia’s war in his country in a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, warning of a dangerous arms race that he said the fighting was unleashing. He called for global rules to curb the use …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark’s prime minister apologised in person on Wednesday to women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign, which has left islanders with deep scars and strained relations with their former colonial power. Thousands of women and girls as young as 12 were fitted with intrauterine devices without their knowledge or …

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By Angeliki Koutantou and Alvise Armellini ATHENS/ROME (Reuters) -Italy urged an international flotilla to hand over its aid supplies for Gaza on Wednesday and allow them to be distributed by the local Catholic Church, as a way to ward off further risks after the flotilla was attacked by drones overnight. The Global Sumud Flotilla is …

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By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French unions will hold another day of strike and protests on October 2 to put pressure on new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu over their demands to scrap his predecessor’s austerity fiscal programme, union leaders said. Union leaders who met with Lecornu on Wednesday said they were not …

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