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French PM Bayrou to re-open talks on Macron's unpopular pension reform

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou told the National Assembly Tuesday that he will re-open talks with the country's trade unions and employers' associations on President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform. Bayrou said earlier in the speech tha

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Ukrainian drone attacks spark fires at Russian gas facility, industrial sites

Ukrainian drone attacks on Tuesday sparked fires at a gas facility and industrial sites in Russia's energy-rich region of Tatarstan and the southwestern cities of Engels and Saratov.

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France 'far from ready' to build six new nuclear reactors, audit body says

France is "far from ready" to begin an estimated €50 billion project to build six new nuclear reactors, a report from the country's top audit body said on Tuesday. Due to financing uncertainties, the supply chain has been unable to prepare for the massiv

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Spain mulls 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents to address housing crisis

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez this week announced a plan to bring down rents and house prices through a raft of measures including building more public housing, higher taxes on holiday rentals and raising taxes by up to 100 percent on properties b

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