By Michel Rose and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the head of the EU said on Thursday, after French President Emmanuel Macron urged Beijing to talk sense to Russia over the war in Ukraine. In closely watched talks, European Union chief Ursula von der …
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By Antony Paone, Sarah Meyssonnier and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favoured by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks during the eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform. The bistro La Rotonde, whose awning was set alight as …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Microsoft Corp reached a settlement on Thursday over the tech firm’s apparent violations of sanctions and export controls, which it disclosed voluntarily, the government and the company said. Microsoft has agreed to remit about $3 million to settle its potential civil liability for more than 1,300 …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt DALTON, Georgia (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday took the Biden administration’s jobs agenda to a right-wing Georgia congressional district represented by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, an avid supporter of former President Donald Trump. Harris, a Democrat, went to the small town of Dalton to talk about the growing solar …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) – Just over two weeks after being arrested at a spontaneous protest in Paris, student Louise Thomas took to the streets again during an eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. The 23 year-old political science student was holding a sign that read …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hinted that the government might change inflation targets, calling high lending costs “inexplicable” as he continued his push for lower interest rates. “If the inflation target is wrong, change the target,” the leftist leader said a meeting with journalists broadcast by TV channel …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators proposing to give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok on Thursday rejected criticism arguing it is the best way to address security concerns about a broad range of foreign-owned apps. Senators Mark Warner, a Democrat and John Thune, a Republican, last …
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By Patrycja Zaras (Reuters) -Poland’s biggest bank PKO BP’s acting Chief Executive Pawel Gruza will step down from his role on April 12, the bank said on Thursday. Gruza plans to stay on the bank’s management board and continue serving in the role of vice-president of the management board but will not seek the chief …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it would restrict how much Motorola Solutions Inc could charge the emergency services to use its radio network, Airwave. The U.S.-based walkie-talkie maker said it disagreed with the regulator’s decision and would appeal it. “We are generally reluctant to impose price controls, but the particular circumstances of this …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon and Microsoft, the two dominant cloud providers, face an antitrust investigation in Britain after the communications regulator said some aspects of the market, including fees to switch supplier, were a cause for concern. Ofcom, which started looking into cloud services last year, said it was particularly worried about the practices of Amazon …
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