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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Friday they had charged Laurent Vinatier, an adviser to the Swiss nonprofit Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, with gathering information on Russia's military activities.

Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, said it intended to apply to a court to place Vinatier in custody.

Russia said on Thursday it had detained Vinatier, an incident French President Emmanuel... (continue reading...)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said late on Thursday no decision had been made on a package of constitutional reforms put forward by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, local media reported.

The specter that Sheinbaum's leftist Morena party and its allies were within earshot of securing the two-thirds, super-majority needed in both chambers of Congress to pass the controversial measures unopposed roiled... (continue reading...)

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 organisers on Friday unveiled a display of the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until the Summer Olympics in the French capital.

The 29- by 13-metre construction, made of recycled steel, was installed on the south side of Paris' iconic monument by some 30 workers, using four cranes.

The Eiffel Tower will be centre stage at the Olympics, with the beach volleyball competitions held at the... (continue reading...)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German inflation is proving stubborn, driven by a continued strong rise in wages, the Bundesbank said on Friday, a day after the European Central Bank cut interest rates on improving price growth prospects.

Inflation has come down from double-digit territory in late 2022 but the "last mile" of disinflation is starting to prove especially difficult and the warning from the euro zone's biggest economy is likely to reinforce... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - German industrial production fell by 0.1% in April compared to the previous month, hampered by a weakening in the construction sector, the Federal Statistics Office said on Friday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a 0.3% rise.

Construction output fell by 2.1%, while the automotive industry grew by 4.2% month-on-month.

In the less volatile three-month comparison, production rose by 1% in the... (continue reading...)