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UK trial lawyers to end strike after accepting government pay offer

LONDON (Reuters) – British trial lawyers will end a weeks-long strike on Monday after voting to acce...

10th October, 2022

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Jeers, scuffles as trial of 2013 Spanish train disaster that killed 80 begins

MADRID (Reuters) -The trial of a Spanish train driver and a former head of traffic safety at nationa...

6th October, 2022

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France to turn off hot water in public offices to save energy

PARIS (Reuters) -France will turn off the hot water in the toilets of public buildings and order mun...

6th October, 2022

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Tourism revenues on the mend in Mediterranean countries

(Reuters) – Even if the number of visitors has still not quite recovered to pre-pandemic levels, Med...

4th October, 2022

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Central European leaders pledge new measures to stem flow of migrants to EU

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Austria pledged new measures on Monday to co...

3rd October, 2022

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Swiss Finance Minister Maurer to step down at end of year

By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) -Finance Minister Ueli Maurer, a fiscal hawk who recognised the...

30th September, 2022

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Ireland aims to ease cost of living squeeze with ‘two budgets in one’

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland will deliver what ministers have called two budgets in o...

27th September, 2022

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Australia mourns Queen Elizabeth from home of ‘world’s oldest continuous culture’

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia held a national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, with...

22nd September, 2022

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French President Macron reaffirms that pensions system reform is necessary

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed in a television interview with BFM TV...

22nd September, 2022

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France boosts cycling infrastructure, targets rural areas

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – The French government said on Tuesday it would boost state supp...

20th September, 2022

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Huge crowds follow queen’s funeral in silence and awe

By Andrew MacAskill and Stephen Farrell LONDON (Reuters) -The tens of thousands gathered in central...

19th September, 2022

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Loss of queen brings first encounter with death for some children

LONDON (Reuters) – The death of Queen Elizabeth and the closure of schools on the day of her funeral...

16th September, 2022