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Far-right bloc wins 1st round of French parliament elections with 33% of vote - ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies reached 33% of the national popular vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said, while ...
Jul 01, 2024
Britain's Labour aims for closer EU ties without reopening Brexit wounds
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - For a decade, leaving the European Union was the question that dominated British politics. These days it barely comes up. Which is clearly how Labour Party leader ...
Jul 01, 2024
Advocates for reparations say Dutch slavery apologies not enough
By Catarina Demony and Charlotte Van Campenhout (Reuters) - As the Netherlands marks on Monday 161 years since the abolition of slavery, activists have questioned the sincerity of recent apologies by ...
Jul 01, 2024
Conservatives' broken promises to northern England point to election wipeout
By Andrew MacAskill and Andy Bruce LEIGH, England (Reuters) - After the once-thriving coal and manufacturing town of Leigh in northern England voted for the Conservative Party for the first time at th...
Jul 01, 2024
Russia says Ukraine launched scores of drones at three regions
(Reuters) - Russia's air defence systems destroyed 36 drones that Ukraine launched at three regions bordering Ukraine, Russia's defence ministry said on Monday. Eighteen drones were downed over the Br...
Jun 30, 2024
Myanmar junta arrests 11 for inflating rice prices, including Japanese national
(Reuters) - Four executives from supermarket chains in Myanmar, including a Japanese joint venture official, were arrested for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said on Monday, as the war-t...
Jun 30, 2024
Tropical storm Chris forms near eastern Mexico, US NHC says
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Chris has formed near eastern Mexico and will begin to weaken after landfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Sunday. The storm was located about 1...
Jun 30, 2024
Cambodia environmental group slams 'politically motivated' trial
By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - Members of a Cambodian conservation group are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges its founder says are politically motivated and part of a wider crackdown on government...
Jun 30, 2024
Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has inten...
Jun 30, 2024
Hungary takes EU presidency echoing Trump but likely to lack bite
By Boldizsar Gyori and Philip Blenkinsop BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungary's nationalist government launches its presidency of the European Union on Monday with a Trump-like call to "Make Europe G...
Jun 30, 2024
