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  • Reuters

    China's Xi in Paris to meet Macron, with trade, Ukraine talks planned

    Chinese President Xi Jinping awoke in Paris on Monday on his first visit to the region in five years, with trade and Russia's war with Ukraine on the agenda in talks with France's Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. Xi said ties between China and France were "a model for the international community of peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation between countries with different social systems". "China-EU economic and trade cooperation is huge, and bumps and bruises are inevitable," the People's Daily, the Communist Party's flagship paper, wrote.

  • dpa international

    Israel calls for Rafah evacuation ahead of possible offensive

    The Israeli military called on residents of eastern Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, to evacuate to an "expanded humanitarian area," ahead of a possible offensive. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) early on Monday said that it "encourages" the residents of Eastern Rafah to move to an expanded humanitarian area in the al-Mawasi refugee camp, on the Mediterranean not far from the border with Egypt. "In accordance with the approval of the government, an ongoing situation assessment will guide the g

  • The Telegraph

    Ask the Expert: Why has my car insurance increased so much?

    Why has car insurance gone through the roof over the past few years? I have been told by one source that it’s a result of the high cost of repairing electric cars; another said it was age-related, which seems unfair, as surely younger people are much more likely to have accidents. Is this true?