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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. More than 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials are gathering in a show of unity for Ukraine, signaling to Russia that their support for Kyiv isn't wavering as the full-scale invasion grinds into a third year. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

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Putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, French leader says
By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press
Mon,02/26/24-2:46AM , 80 Reads
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.
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Police spray a water canon during a farmers demonstration in the European Quarter outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. European Union agriculture ministers meet in Brussels Monday to discuss rapid and structural responses to the crisis situation facing the agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)

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Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU's base in a new display of power
By SYLVAIN PLAZY AND LORNE COOK - Associated Press
Mon,02/26/24-2:27AM , 11 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union's agriculture ministers met in sear
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There has been a cooling off on Wall Street. (self open)

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Stock market today: Wall Street edges back from its record heights
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Mon,02/26/24-2:11AM , 113 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares retreated on Tuesday after U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights.

Most regional markets fell, while Shanghai advanced. U.S. futures and oil prices were little changed.

Traders are growing cautious after the New Year's rally that has swept much of the world's markets.
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Survivors and relatives of the victims pray, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at the site where a migrant boat capsized in the early morning of Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at a short distance from the shore in Steccato di Cutro, in the Italian southern tip, killing at least 94 people. Survivors and family members of the victims gathered at the same time on the day of the disaster for a commemoration on the first anniversary. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

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Survivors and families of 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy call for justice a year on
By GIADA ZAMPANO AND VALERIA FERRARO - Associated Press
Sun,02/25/24-11:15PM , 19 Reads
CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of a tragic shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just a few meters off Italy’s southern coast, returned for three days of commemorations ending Monday, calli
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