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UK’s Prince William to attend re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral

Date: December 13, 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William will visit Paris on Saturday to attend the re-opening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, Kensington Palace said on Friday. William, Prince of Wales, is attending the ceremony on behalf of the UK at the request of the British government, the palace...

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Exclusive-BP seeks buyers for US natural gas pipeline system stake, sources say

Date: December 6, 2024

By Sarah McFarlane, David French and Ron Bousso LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – BP is seeking buyers for a stake in its U.S. natural gas pipeline network, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The British energy company could raise up to $3 billion from the sale, two of the people said, with one of...

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Factbox-What to expect when Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday

Date: December 6, 2024

PARIS (Reuters) -Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday, Dec. 7, five and a half years after fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout. Here is what you need to know: WHAT IS NOTRE-DAME? A medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) is one of the French capital’s most...

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Macron, defying calls to resign, struggles on in search for stable French government

Date: December 6, 2024

By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Friday began his latest search for a new prime minister to lead France’s unruly parliament, after rejecting demands he quit to end a crisis he said was driven by the far right and extreme left’s “anti-republican front.” In a prime time address on Thursday,...

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Schiphol airport cancels hundreds of flights due to storm Darragh

Date: December 6, 2024

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ Schiphol airport cancelled more than a hundred flights on Friday due to heavy winds caused by storm Darragh, the airport, one of Europe’s main hubs, said in a statement. Other flights have been delayed, some up to an hour. “Due to strong winds caused by storm Darragh, fewer flights are...

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The pressure’s on: Five questions for the ECB

Date: December 6, 2024

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank looks set to cut rates again next week as inflation heads down, and financial markets are keen for a sense of whether a more challenging environment will spark speedier moves ahead. Since the October meeting, a U.S. election win for Donald Trump...