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PARIS (Reuters) -French investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which said it denied the allegations. The economic and financial crime section of the Paris public prosecutor’s office (JUNALCO) said in a statement that the probe includes …

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GAZA (Reuters) – Umm Ali Muheisen skipped across the road when she saw her daughter and grandchildren after 15 months separated by the war in Gaza, clutching them in a tight embrace as Palestinians reunited with loved ones after a ceasefire. Their reunion was one of many taking place just inside northern Gaza, where hundreds …

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KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – German federal judges indicated on Tuesday that they could back the country’s antitrust regulator in a legal battle with Apple, following over three hours of deliberations over whether the U.S. tech giant should be subject to additional controls. The German cartel office said in April 2023 it considered Apple a “company …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO said on Tuesday that acts of sabotage carried out across the military alliance over the past years included threats to plot the murder of industry leaders such as the head of German arms maker Rheinmetall. Speaking at the European Parliament, NATO’s deputy assistant Secretary-General for innovation, hybrid and cyber, James Appathurai, …

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By David Latona MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s minority government on Tuesday reached a deal with the Catalan separatist party Junts to approve several economic measures in parliament, breaking a deadlock that has raised doubts over its ability to pass any legislation. The agreement could bode well for this year’s budget bill, which is yet to be …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Denmark’s energy agency on Tuesday said it had granted Nord Stream 2 AG, a unit of Russia’s Gazprom, permission to conduct preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged in a series of blasts in 2022. The maintenance work is necessary to reduce environmental and …

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