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Sails of iconic Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge fell off overnight
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 ...
AstraZeneca beats first-quarter revenue, profit estimates
(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 ...
Greek military ship intercepts two Houthi drones in the Red Sea
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 ...
France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe
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 ...
Almost 100 detained at anti-government protest in Armenia, media say
(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.
Sanofi Q1 profit slips on generic competition, forex effects
(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 ...
Macron aims to cement French influence in EU, lift party fortunes with landmark speech
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 ...
North Macedonia's opposition rightist leads ahead of May 8 presidential poll runoff
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 ...
Russian programmers play 'cat and mouse' game to outsmart censors
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 ...
Exclusive-China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show
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.