By Crispin Kyala NYANGEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A group of Congolese Tutsis were guarded by armed police as they registered to vote in the eastern town of Nyangezi in February, with one of the group describing a campaign of threats and violence aimed at excluding them from the upcoming election. One newly …
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By Stephane Mahe and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French truck drivers and garbage collectors joined nationwide strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans on Tuesday as trade unions stepped up their campaign to try and force a policy U-turn. There was also widespread disruption to train services, fuel deliveries were halted and teachers walked …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy publicly committed his troops to holding out in Bakhmut after days in which they had seemed likely to withdraw, apparently prolonging the war’s bloodiest battle in a bid to break Moscow’s assault force. Moscow has sent thousands of troops in waves over recent weeks to try …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour Party, ahead in opinion polls, said it would launch a review into business taxes with the aim of creating a stable environment for investments, a chronic weak spot in the economy. Opinion polls currently put the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, around 20 points ahead of Prime Minister Rishi …
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(Reuters) -California will not do business with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, state Governor Gavin Newsom said in a tweet on Monday, days after the pharmacy chain said it would not dispense abortion pills in some Republican-dominated states. The state refuses to do business with Walgreens or “any company that cowers to the extremists and puts …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it would work with Japan to enhance security cooperation after Seoul’s proposal to compensate people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation. South Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate such victims of forced labour, seeking to end a dispute that has undercut U.S.-led …
By Sinéad Carew and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – The S&P 500 made little progress on Monday, closing slightly higher than its session low as U.S. Treasury yields pulled higher with investors braced for this week’s testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the February jobs report. Earlier in the session the indexes looked …
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By Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday its troops were still fighting against the attempted encirclement of Bakhmut, while Washington said that even if the eastern city should fall to Russia’s offensive, it would not necessarily give Moscow momentum in the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said he discussed the Bakhmut operation with …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran’s concessions to U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi during his visit to Tehran over the weekend depend to a large extent on future negotiations, Grossi conceded on Monday, walking back some comments he made upon his return. Two days before a quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s …
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday said a compromise in the government’s judicial overhaul plan could be imminent even as protests against the reform continued to spread. Local media circulated a letter by 10 former air force chiefs to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of the “grave and tangible” threat …
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