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Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Alexander Fomin looks on as he attends the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 16, 2023.

Third man detained in bribery case surrounding Russian deputy defence minister

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A third man has been detained in a bribery investigation centring on Deputy Russian Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, the Moscow court service said on Thursday. It said Alexander Fomin, the co-founder of a construction company ...

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Sails of iconic Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge fell off overnight

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AstraZeneca beats first-quarter revenue, profit estimates

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Greek military ship intercepts two Houthi drones in the Red Sea

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France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe

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Almost 100 detained at anti-government protest in Armenia, media say

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Sanofi Q1 profit slips on generic competition, forex effects

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(Reuters) - Sanofi's said on Thursday first-quarter operating income declined 14.7% as unfavourable currency effects and cheap competition to multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio outweighed rising sales of anti-inflammatory drug Dupixent. The French ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during an informal European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium April 18, 2024.

Macron aims to cement French influence in EU, lift party fortunes with landmark speech

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will outline his vision for Europe as a global power on Thursday in a speech he hopes will have the same impact as a similar address he made seven years ago that prefigured some ...

Supporters of North Macedonia's biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE's presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova hold flares as others gather in front of the party's headquarters during the presidential election in Skopje, North Macedonia April 24, 2024.

North Macedonia's opposition rightist leads ahead of May 8 presidential poll runoff

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SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonian presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova held a big lead over incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with votes counted from 99.03% of polling stations on Thursday, but both were short of the 50% backing needed ...

A VPN sign is seen in front of silhouetted miniatures of people with computers and the Russian flag in this illustration taken, April 23, 2024.

Russian programmers play 'cat and mouse' game to outsmart censors

Lucy Papachristou |Updated 1 hour ago |8 min read

By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - When Antony Rudkovsky was about 15, he began to teach himself how to build virtual private networks (VPNs) to access Internet content unavailable in Russia. At first, the young programmer just wanted to ...

A ship, identified by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) as the North Korean registered cargo ship Angara, is seen docked alongside a larger vessel at the Zhoushan Xinya Shipbuilding Co wharf in Zhoushan, China February 11, 2024 in a satellite image. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via

Exclusive-China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show

David Brunnstrom, Michael Martina |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S.

Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulators granted it a licence to provide safety services, paving the way for its first launch later this year. The Civil ...

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021.

US Supreme Court weighs Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution

Andrew Chung, John Kruzel |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday confronts a major test of the power of the presidency in arguments over Donald Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his ...

A Chinese flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China February 8, 2024.

China stands by economic data, says defence spending 'transparent'

Liz Lee |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) - China defended the veracity of its economic numbers and asserted its military spending was "transparent and reasonable", while dismissing as "typical double standards" comments made this week by the head of the U.S.

The entrance to the labor and delivery wing is shown at the newly constructed Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego, California, U.S., April 17, 2017.

US births retreat after pandemic-era growth

Amina Niasse |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of births in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 from the previous year, driven in part by a marked birth rate decline among older teenagers and women aged 20-24, according to a report from the ...

Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te, of Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP), holds a press conference, following the victory in the presidential elections, in Taipei, Taiwan January 13, 2024.

China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says

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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he ...