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By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who in two weeks will learn her fate in an embezzlement trial, says prosecutors demanding she face an instant five-year public office ban have waged an unheard-of assault on her presidential hopes. The 56-year-old National Rally (RN) leader, who leads polls for the 2027 …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Building permits for apartments in Germany rose 6.9% in January from a year earlier, statistics office data showed on Tuesday, a second consecutive month of increases after three years of declines. Around 18,000 permits were issued, which is 1,200 more than year earlier, the data showed. But the increase is meagre after permits …

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By Ted Hesson and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration a Tuesday deadline to provide details about plane loads of Venezuelans it deported despite orders not to, in a brewing showdown over presidential power. President Donald Trump claims the deported Venezuelans are members of the prison gang …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, are scheduled to begin their return to Earth early on Tuesday morning on a long-awaited flight home to cap an unusual mission. After a replacement crew arrived on …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Padraic Halpin WASHINGTON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor used a St. Patrick’s Day visit to President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to criticize Ireland’s immigration policies, drawing a rebuke from the country’s prime minister. McGregor, wearing a green pinstripe suit, visited with Trump and …

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By Amina Ismail BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Donors at a European Union-led conference on Monday pledged 5.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion) to help Syria’s new authorities as they struggle with humanitarian and security problems after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The pledges at the Brussels gathering were less than last year’s 7.5 billion euros in grants and …

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