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Farmers Block Traffic Near Paris With Tractors Before Macron’s Speech
[ad_1] Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised more aid for French agriculture on Tuesday and vowed to shield it from “unfair competition” in an attempt to appease protesting farmers, but many appeared unmoved by his efforts as they blocked major roads around Paris for a second day. The barricades of tractors and bales of hay caused miles of traffic bottlenecks in…
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German Authorities Seize $2 Billion Worth of Bitcoin
[ad_1] A German programmer who is accused of running an illegal movie streaming site more than a decade ago transferred $2.17 billion worth of Bitcoin to the authorities to repay at least some of the money he had made illegally, the police said on Tuesday. The transfer required the man to use his unique Bitcoin credentials to hand over the…
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French Farmer Was Spark Behind Widespread Protests
[ad_1] Jérôme Bayle had spent seven nights on a major French highway, leading a group of aggrieved farmers in protest, when the prime minister arrived, dressed in his Parisian blue suit and tie, to thank them for “making France proud” and announced he would meet their demands. Before camera flashes and outstretched microphones, Mr. Bayle told Prime Minister Gabriel Attal…
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Near Machu Picchu, Protesters Clash With Police
[ad_1] Demonstrators blocked access to the site, Peru’s most-visited, and threw rocks at police officers, who fired tear gas into the crowd. [ad_2] Source link
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Catalan Separatist Party Shuns Amnesty Bill, in Setback for Pedro Sanchez
[ad_1] The fragile coalition of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain revealed deep and potentially paralyzing cracks on Tuesday when a tiny, hard-line Catalan separatist party he has allied with rejected a critical amnesty measure as unsatisfactory. The party, Together for Catalonia, provided the support that allowed Mr. Sánchez to form the government last year, on the condition that he…
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Biden Says U.S. Response to Deadly Drone Strike in Jordan Has Been Decided
[ad_1] President Biden said on Tuesday that he had decided on a U.S. response to the drone attack on a remote outpost in Jordan on Sunday that killed three American soldiers and injured more than 40 others, leaving unstated what that decision was. Asked by reporters outside the White House whether he had decided on a response to the lethal…
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War in Ukraine Has Weakened Putin, C.I.A. Director Writes
[ad_1] The war in Ukraine has “quietly corroded” the power of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, wrote in an essay published on Tuesday. While Mr. Putin’s grip on power was unlikely to soon weaken, Mr. Burns wrote in Foreign Affairs, disaffection had “gnawed away at the Russian leadership and the Russian people,” allowing…
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Israel Raids West Bank Hospital as Clashes Erupt With Hamas in Northern Gaza
[ad_1] One of the Israeli soldiers wore medical scrubs, another a white coat and surgical mask. Their team swept into the West Bank hospital brandishing rifles, took up positions by the waiting-room chairs, then entered a patient’s room and killed a Hamas commander. Fifteen minutes later they were gone. The raid on Tuesday took place as the Israeli military battled…
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French Lawmakers Vote to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Constitution
[ad_1] French lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s Constitution, the first step in a complex legislative process that began in direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The bill, proposed by President Emmanuel Macron and his government, was passed by the National Assembly, the lower and more…
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Wednesday Briefing: Imran Khan Gets 10 Years
[ad_1] Pakistan’s former leader is sentenced Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. The verdict is widely seen as part of a military campaign to sideline him and his party, and comes about a week before the country’s first national election since Khan was ousted in April 2022. Analysts say the election will…
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