By Sara Rossi LONDON (Reuters) -France’s 10-year government borrowing costs are now at the same levels as Italy’s, the latest sign that political paralysis in Paris is stoking concern about its ability to get its public finances under control. Fitch ratings cut France’s rating last week, a move that came after opposition parties united to …
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By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in supermarkets nationwide, the agriculture ministry said, raising concerns the pest could infest grain storages and disrupt agricultural exports. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday it had been working with the importer and retailer of …
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By Andrea Shalal NEW YORK (Reuters) -A new poll of over 36,300 people worldwide showed huge support for more international cooperation on issues including trade, global health, climate and poverty, but gave largely failing grades to institutions like the United Nations, IMF and others. The survey, commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted in 34 …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French utility EDF’s nuclear production was reduced by 1.1 gigawatt early on Thursday, data from the company showed, as workers lowered power output at the Flamanville 1 reactor as part of a nationwide strike expected to hit several sectors. Nuclear production was only affected at a single power plant while hydropower output …
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By Jonathan Spicer, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Some of the most senior U.S. diplomats focused on Syria have been abruptly let go from their posts in recent days, according to five people familiar with the matter, a shake-up that comes as Washington seeks to integrate its Syrian Kurdish allies with the central …
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(Reuters) -The chief executive officer of the New York Times, Meredith Kopit Levien, said the company would “not be cowed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15-billion lawsuit against the newspaper, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The suit is the latest in Trump’s flurry of legal attacks on media during his second term, including a …
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(Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone struck a car in Russia’s Belgorod border region, killing one person and injuring another, the region’s governor said early on Thursday. Vyacheslav Gladkov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the drone killed a man in his car in the town of Shebekino, just inside the Russian border. The strike seriously …
(Refiles to add Trump’s title and full name in paragraph 9) By Yuliia Dysa, Mike Stone and Jonathan Landay KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine will receive missiles for Patriot air defence systems and HIMARS rocket launchers in the first batch of weapons being sent under a new funding programme agreed by the U.S. and Ukraine’s European …
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(Reuters) -A senior Russian officer toured positions held by his troops in Ukraine on Wednesday and said Moscow’s forces were advancing on all fronts, the Russian Defence Ministry said, with the heaviest fighting taking place around the logistics centre of Pokrovsk. General Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s chief of staff of the armed forces in what Moscow …
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By Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday that ongoing negotiations with Israel to reach a security pact could lead to results “in the coming days.” He told reporters in Damascus the security pact was a “necessity” and that it would need to respect Syria’s airspace and territorial unity and …
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