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‘Entry only. No exit:’ Beijing sees more COVID closures as anger grows in Shanghai

By Martin Quin Pollard and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s capital Beijing closed...

29th April, 2022

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Macron, with eye on parliamentary vote, visits left-leaning Paris suburb

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron paid a surprise visit to a Sociali...

27th April, 2022

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Analysis-China’s Xi sticks with COVID stance despite anger, economic headwinds

By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – For many leaders, mounting public anger and a ra...

19th April, 2022

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Lockdown party allegations facing UK PM Johnson

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to...

12th April, 2022

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The underrated solution to Europes green mobility issues? Public transport

By Michael Colijn, CEO of Heliox As far back as the 1800s, the first electric vehicles plied on Euro...

12th April, 2022

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Far-right mayor touts Perpignan as harbinger of Le Pen’s France

By Makini Brice PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) – In the southern French city of Perpignan, the far-righ...

8th April, 2022

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Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive d...

8th April, 2022

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Analysis-Italy’s politics, public opinion, could weaken West’s anti-Putin front

By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Divisions between Italy’s political parties and am...

7th April, 2022

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Shanghai residents rush to stock up as second stage of COVID lockdown looms

By Brenda Goh and Winni Zhou SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Residents of China’s commercial capital of Shanghai...

31st March, 2022

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Britain bids to stop P&O benefiting from mass firing

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out a plan on Wednesday to stop P&O Ferries benefiting from its decisi...

30th March, 2022

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UK orders review of public sector Russian energy contracts

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Monday instructed public sector bodies to review energ...

28th March, 2022

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Lack of ‘magic’ in Macron’s campaign fuels abstention worries

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Some members of French President Emmanuel Macron’s camp are concern...

25th March, 2022