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PARIS (Reuters) -France must better regulate private schools and allow prosecutions for abuse of pupils whenever it was committed, two lawmakers said in a report published on Wednesday after allegations of decades of abuse at a Catholic school. The parliamentary investigation into French schools was triggered by dozens of complaints of physical and sexual abuse …

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By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French far right leader Marine Le Pen may have decided to let Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survive this time round, but his days might be numbered. Bayrou survived his eighth no-confidence motion on Tuesday, after a truce struck with the Socialists collapsed over his failure to soften …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was France that asked for French President Emmanuel Macron to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a pause of nearly three years and that the two leaders had a “very substantive” discussion. The two leaders spoke on Tuesday and discussed the Iran-Israel conflict …

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PARIS (Reuters) -A European Union proposal to charge a 2 euro ($2.36)handling fee on low-value e-commerce packages coming into the bloc is “a joke”, the head of Carrefour, Europe’s largest food retailer, said on Wednesday. The EU unveiled plans in May to end the duty-free treatment of low-value consignments worth no more than 150 euros …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. bombing of Iran’s key Fordow nuclear site has “seriously and heavily damaged” the facility, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an interview with CBS News. “No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily …

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