#BREAKING Real Madrid drawn against Chelsea in Champions League quarter-finals
#BREAKING Inter Milan to play Benfica in Champions League quarter-finals
#BREAKING Manchester City to face Bayern Munich in Champions League quarter-finals
#BREAKING AC Milan drawn against Napoli in Champions League quarter-finals
#UPDATE Holders Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League while Manchester City were paired with Pep Guardiola's former side Bayern Munich in Friday's draw. u.afp.com/i7mr #AFPSports
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#BREAKING Slovakia to donate 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine: PM
#UPDATE Slovakia will donate 13 MiG-29 warplanes to Ukraine, the Slovak prime minister said Friday, making it the second NATO member to announce such a shipment following a similar move by Poland.
📸 Two MiG 29 fighter jets take part in NATO exercises in October 2022
#BREAKING Xi to visit Russia next week: China foreign ministry
#BREAKING China's Xi to discuss 'strategic cooperation' during Russia visit next week: Kremlin
#UPDATE Presidents Xi and Putin "will discuss deepening the exhaustive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China" during a meeting in Moscow next week, the Kremlin says
Banks critical to the international financial system.
#AFPGraphics showing rankings by the international Financial Stability Board of major banks' importance to the financial system and their extra minimum capital requirements to avoid bank failure
America's largest banks have moved to shore up First Republic, easing fears that the regional lender could be the next domino to fall after collapses including Silicon Valley Bank
The global cryptocurrency industry has been slammed by setbacks, scandals and high-profile failures in recent months, sparking a regulatory rush to protect consumers from fraud and scams
#BREAKING French police begin clearing protest in front of parliament: AFP journalists
#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron's government rammed a controversial pension reform through parliament without a vote on Thursday, risking more turbulence and street protests after a day of high political drama
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VIDEO: French decry 'denial of democracy' as Macron's pension reform forced through
#BREAKING European Central Bank (ECB) sticks to planned 50 basis-point rate hike despite market turmoil
#UPDATE The European Central Bank (ECB) stuck to a planned interest rate increase of 0.5% on Thursday as it remained focused on battling sky-high inflation despite market turmoil over fears of a widening banking crisis ➡️ u.afp.com/i7gT
#BREAKING European stock markets close higher after ECB rate hike
#BREAKING President Macron wins pension reform backing from French upper house Senate
#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday won approval from the upper house Senate for his controversial pensions reform, ahead of an expected knife-edge vote later in the day in the lower house National Assembly ➡️ u.afp.com/i7NR
#BREAKING President Macron to force through pension law without French parliament vote: sources