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French Lawmakers Back Macron’s Promised Inflation Relief
Date: July 22, 2022
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron’s government honoured on Friday a re-election promise to boost household purchasing power amid soaring inflation as the National Assembly passed a bill lifting pensions and temporarily freezing rent hikes. With the vote in the lower house, Macron passed a first test of his ability to strike...
How Crisis Unfolded in Sri Lanka
Date: July 22, 2022
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country, leaving his successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to declare a state of emergency while seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. On Friday, a day after Wickremesinghe was sworn in, security forces launched a...
Britain Counts Cost of Historic Heatwave as 13 Die
Date: July 20, 2022
By Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) -At least 13 people have died in Britain while swimming during a spell of record-breaking hot weather that sparked wildfires, damaged train tracks and triggered warnings that efforts to tackle climate change needed to be stepped up. The London Fire Brigade endured its busiest day since World...
Explainer-Sleepers and Stressed Rails: Why UK Trains Struggle in the Heat
Date: July 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Forecasts that British temperatures could hit a record high this week forced train operators to cancel or slow services on Monday, reawakening an age-old debate about why the British rail network struggles in the heat. As the mercury soared, Britain’s rail companies imposed speed restrictions on the network due to the risk...
UK Parliamentary Committee Requests Documents for Investigation Into PM Johnson
Date: July 15, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – A committee of lawmakers has requested diaries, emails, photos and mobile phone messages from Boris Johnson’s office as part of an inquiry into whether the prime minister misled parliament over COVID-19 lockdown-breaking events in Downing Street. The Privileges Committee will look into whether Johnson, who last week said he would step down...
Ten Years On, Italy Faces Debt Crisis Draghi May Not Solve
Date: July 15, 2022
By Francesco Canepa and Gavin Jones FRANKFURT/ROME (Reuters) – Ten years after Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge saved the euro, Italy is once again in the middle of a debt crisis – but the country’s prime minister and former head of the European Central Bank may struggle to solve this one. Just like a...