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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after weeks of protests and anger at his unpopular plans to raise the retirement age, asking his government to open talks with unions on a wide range of issues. In a televised speech two days after signing into law plans to increase the retirement age by two years to 64, Macron said he […]

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after weeks of protests and anger at his unpopular plans to raise the retirement age, asking his government to open talks with unions on a wide range of issues. In a televised speech two days after signing into law plans to increase the retirement age by two years to 64, Macron said he […]

In Move Toward Peace, Warring Sides in Yemen Exchange Prisoners Nearly 1,000 prisoners of war have been released By Mohammed Sayers/The Media Line More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated a “unilateral” release of detainees outside the terms of the three-day prisoner exchange that ended on Sunday. Two ICRC planes carried 48 […]

By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -EU lawmakers urged world leaders on Monday to hold a summit to find ways to control the development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT, saying they were developing faster than expected. The 12 MEPs, all working on EU legislation on the technology, called on U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to convene the […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli President Issac Herzog called for national unity at the opening ceremony for Israel’s annual Holocaust memorial day on Monday as the nation remained deeply divided over plans by the far-right government to implement a judicial overhaul. “I appeal to you, citizens of Israel, with a simple prayer: let us leave these sacred days, which begin tonight and end on Independence Day, above all dispute; let us […]

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s crown prince said on Monday that the parliament reinstated based on a Constitutional Court ruling last month would be dissolved and that new legislative elections would be called in coming months, state media reported. The Gulf Arab state, an OPEC member, has been grappling with prolonged bickering between the government and elected parliament that has hampered fiscal reforms. Parliament had been dissolved last year in a […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman Jim Jordan on Monday asked a judge to let a House of Representatives panel’s investigation into the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump proceed, saying a subpoena of a former Manhattan prosecutor was needed by lawmakers as they consider possible legislation. Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and an ally of fellow Republican Trump, made the request to U.S. […]

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves said on Monday he had consensual sex with a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, changing his version of what happened in a Barcelona nightclub in late December. The 39-year-old, who has been jailed without bail since Jan. 20, appeared before the judge handling the investigation on Monday at his own request, his lawyers said in a statement. “He assured […]

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Inc and its former CEO William Shihara with operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker and clearing agency. The SEC alleged in its complaint, which was filed in a U.S. district court in Washington, that Shihara coordinated with crypto asset issuers seeking to make their tokens available for trading on Bittrex’s platform to delete […]