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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -France captain Kylian Mbappe said Les Bleus would like to remember those affected by the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks when they take on Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday — the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that traumatized the nation. France were playing Germany that day when …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers voted to suspend a contested pension reform on Wednesday, as next year’s budget bills inch through parliament under persistent threats to the government’s survival. A majority of 255 lawmakers voted in favour of the suspension against 146 who voted against. Budget debates have taken on added weight since President Emmanuel Macron’s …

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TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian prosecutors on Wednesday charged Giorgi Gakharia, an exiled opposition leader and former prime minister, with offences related to his time in office, amid an escalating crackdown against opponents of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Gakharia, who served as Georgian Dream’s prime minister from 2019 to 2021, broke with the ruling party after …

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By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey on Wednesday said 20 of its soldiers were killed when a military transport plane crashed in Georgia, with all but one of the bodies recovered, marking the NATO member’s deadliest military incident since 2020. The C-130 cargo aircraft left Azerbaijan for Turkey and crashed in Georgia on Tuesday, leaving …

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By Alison Withers and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country’s climate minister told Reuters. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, current brings warm water from …

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