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Sails of iconic Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge fell off overnight

Reuters |Updated 15 minutes ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most famous cabaret club, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, a venue spokesperson said. "We don't know what happened, it occurred ...

Syringes with needles are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021.

AstraZeneca beats first-quarter revenue, profit estimates

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - AstraZeneca reported quarterly revenue and profit above market estimates on Thursday, buoyed by resilient demand for its oncology and rare blood disorder drugs. The London-listed drugmaker reported core earnings per share of $2.06 on ...

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Greek military ship intercepts two Houthi drones in the Red Sea

Reuters |Updated 46 minutes ago |1 min read

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union's naval mission in the Red Sea intercepted two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi militants towards a commercial ship, officials at the Greek Defence Ministry said on ...

Passengers stand in front of a departures board inside the Terminal 3 at Orly Airport, near Paris, France, July 1, 2021.

France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe

Reuters |Updated 56 minutes ago |2 min read

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some French air traffic control workers to avert a strike. France's DGAC civil aviation ...

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

Reuters |Updated 56 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Armenian police have detained dozens of people taking part in an anti-government protest in Yerevan late on Wednesday, local news website News.am reported, and Russia's Interfax news agency put the figure at 96 people, citing police.

The logo of French drugmaker Sanofi is seen a the Sanofi Genzyme Polyclonals in Lyon, France, September 30, 2023.

Sanofi Q1 profit slips on generic competition, forex effects

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

(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

Michel Rose |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

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

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

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.

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