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KFC’s arrival at Italian ski slopes angers food and mountain purists

Fast-food outlets at two prestigious Dolomites resorts are Italy’s first, with legal action threatened Europe live – latest updates Skiers on the slopes of two of Italy’s most prestigious resorts will be able to dine from buckets of fried chicken between runs this winter as the US fast-food chain KFC prepares to open outlets, infuriating mountain and food purists while prompting a prominent businessman to…

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France brings forward minimum wage increase in bid to quell unrest

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said ​on Monday he was bringing forward a planned 1.6 percent hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France's worst civil unrest in years. It comes as Lecornu meets labour groups on Monday in a bid to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson has more.

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‘Exceedingly heavy-handed’: ACT police criticised by magistrate for Tasering disabled Aboriginal woman

Exclusive: Body-worn camera footage shows woman pulled off bench and a Taser activated despite ‘putting up no resistance’, magistrate says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A magistrate has criticised “exceedingly heavy-handed” ACT police officers who Tasered an Aboriginal woman with an intellectual disability during a routine arrest. The woman, named Emma, pleaded with officers not to…

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There’s more than a whiff of politics to the sudden call to slash Labor’s green energy subsidies

EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates for miners Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, comes under increasing pressure to fight inflation by slashing spending in the mid-year budget update, the drumbeat is loudest for cuts in one specific area: green…

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All eyes on Rubio as Iran, Ukraine set to dominate G7 meeting in Paris

G7 foreign ministers began two days of talks in Paris on Monday as they grapple with multiple unresolved global crises. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is likely to face questions about whether the Trump administration will shift its positions on the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran in particular following the Democrats sweeping victory in the midterms. France 24’s Clovis Casali has more.

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'Nazi vanity project': Eagle's Nest in Bavarian Alps a symbol of regime's 'conquest of nature'

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Sir Richard Evans, British Historian and Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge. The controversy surrounding the fate of Adolf Hitler's Eagle's Nest, the Nazi-era mountaintop complex in the Bavarian Alps, raises profound questions about the relationship between architecture, historical memory and political extremism. At the heart of the debate lies a…

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Democrats won big. Can they lower your grocery bill?

Affordability concerns were top of mind for voters heading into the midterms, as tariffs and the war in Iran drove up prices, including food costs. Now, Americans are expecting relief from Washington.

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Business · Europe

Poland’s justice minister says investigation into Kraków shooting will aim to establish if the 24-year-old acted alone – Europe live

Terrorism investigation was opened after attacker opened fire in a market square A Ukrainian drone attack has hit Russia’s second-largest oil refinery in Kirishi , in the Leningrad region, the regional governor, Aleksandr Drozdenko , said. A fire broke out at the refinery after the overnight Ukrainian drone strike, but has since been extinguished, he ​wrote on Telegram, adding that one ⁠woman had ​been killed ​by…

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Iran sees 'golden opportunity for a sweetheart deal' after US midterms, expert says

A leading commentator on Iran says the country sees the results of the US midterm elections as giving them a golden opportunity for a sweet deal. Paymon Azmoudeh from Forward Global was speaking amid conflicting statements from the key players about whether there will be further US military action in Iran. President Donald Trump says that renewed strikes on Iran are "highly unlikely" if talks progress. However,…

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COP31: Betting on electricity to break the climate deadlock

From November 9 to 20, the international community is gathering in Antalya, Turkey, for the UN COP31 conference. At a time when the energy crisis linked to the war in the Middle East has forced countries to confront their dependence on fossil fuels, this new round of climate negotiations is starting off with a new goal: to push for a massive shift toward electricity.

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