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By Sergiy Karazy RZHYSHCHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces killed at least four people near Kyiv and one person in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday in air strikes which Ukraine’s president said showed Moscow was not interested in peace. The State Emergency Service said two dormitories and an educational facility in Rzhyshchiv, 40 miles (64 km) south of the capital, had been partially destroyed in an overnight drone strike […]

By Sergiy Karazy RZHYSHCHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces killed at least four people near Kyiv and one person in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday in air strikes which Ukraine’s president said showed Moscow was not interested in peace. The State Emergency Service said two dormitories and an educational facility in Rzhyshchiv, 40 miles (64 km) south of the capital, had been partially destroyed in an overnight drone strike […]

By Sergiy Karazy RZHYSHCHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces killed at least four people near Kyiv and one person in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday in air strikes which Ukraine’s president said showed Moscow was not interested in peace. The State Emergency Service said two dormitories and an educational facility in Rzhyshchiv, 40 miles (64 km) south of the capital, had been partially destroyed in an overnight drone strike […]

By Elizabeth Pineau and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a deeply unpopular new law that raises the retirement age was necessary and would enter into force by the end of the year. “Do you think I enjoy doing this reform? No,” Macron said in a rare TV interview. “But there are not a hundred ways to balance the accounts … this reform is […]

By Elizabeth Pineau and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a deeply unpopular new law that raises the retirement age was necessary and would enter into force by the end of the year. “Do you think I enjoy doing this reform? No,” Macron said in a rare TV interview. “But there are not a hundred ways to balance the accounts … this reform is […]

By Elizabeth Pineau and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a deeply unpopular new law that raises the retirement age was necessary and would enter into force by the end of the year. “Do you think I enjoy doing this reform? No,” Macron said in a rare TV interview. “But there are not a hundred ways to balance the accounts … this reform is […]

By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – At the turn of the year, bitcoin was in the grip of a bleak midwinter, down and out after a 2022 defined by tumbling crypto prices, bankruptcies and corporate scandals. Less than three months later, bitcoin’s got its mojo back. With gains of more than 70% so far this year, it has outpaced other major assets, and was on Wednesday trading near its highest […]

By Anna Tong Unity Software Inc, producer of the eponymous video game development environment, aims to open a marketplace for generative artificial intelligence (AI) software, Chief Executive John Riccitiello told Reuters. Game developers routinely spend significant resources creating assets such as characters and sound effects. In future, developers could visit Unity’s marketplace, select an AI product such as an artwork generator, and be able to use it to instantly create […]

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to win parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a key element of a post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland, a victory tainted by a lack of support from the province’s biggest unionist party and some of his lawmakers. Sunak has sought to end years of wrangling over Brexit by revisiting one of the trickiest parts of the negotiations – […]