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Man shot dead after French synagogue set on fire
French police have killed a man after a synagogue was set on fire in the north-western city of Rouen. The man was armed with a knife and a metallic tool and was shot after he threatened officers, the Rouen prosecutor said. Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said the attack on the synagogue did not just affect…
Conservative senators mull shutdown fight over one-week spending bill
A number of Senate Republicans frustrated with the rush to pass a year-long spending bill before the end of the year are discussing whether to throw up a roadblock, raising the prospect of a government shutdown later this week. Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a deal for an omnibus spending package that would fund the…
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French lawmakers narrowly back social security budget in victory for PM Lecornu
France’s social security budget cleared a key hurdle in France’s National Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers narrowly approved a draft bill aimed at staving off a huge gap in funding for welfare, pensions and healthcare, handing a victory to embattled Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. Lawmakers in the lower house of the French parliament approved the social security budget…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian media on Tuesday his government is planning to remove the Afghan Taliban from its list of designated foreign terrorist organizations to facilitate diplomacy with Afghanistan. “The Taliban are the ones holding real power [in Afghanistan]. Just as the People’s Republic of China, we have never closed down our…


