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    Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico.

    Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt

    Robert Fico was gravely wounded after a political event in an attempted assassination that has shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.

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    • Bela Szandelszky and Karel Janicek

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    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Kyiv.

    Blinken visits Ukraine as Russia’s military closes in

    The US secretary of state arrived in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of America’s commitment to help the push-back against Russian advances that have gathered pace in recent months.

    • Matthew Lee
    Alex Gerbi, Quinn Emanuel’s London co-managing partner.

    New lawyers to earn $341,600 as London talent war explodes

    Wages for new hires at Quinn Emanuel will rise by tens of thousands from next month in a recruitment blow to Magic Circle rivals.

    • Eir Nolsoe
    Andrei Belousov

    Putin replaces defence minister in rare cabinet shake-up

    The Kremlin said Russia’s ballooning defence budget warranted putting economist Andrei Belousov in charge.

    • Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
    A village under fire from Russian forces in the Kharkiv region.

    Russia ‘captures key villages’ as Ukraine races reinforcements

    Military bloggers say the assault in the north-east could mark the start of an attempt to carve out the “buffer zone” sought by President Vladimir Putin.

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    • Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth
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    Lex Greensill.

    Lex Greensill alleges his UK pursuers were protecting David Cameron

    The fallen Aussie financier alleges a media leak by Britain’s Insolvency Service, which is seeking to ban him as a company director, was politically motivated.

    • Hans van Leeuwen
    The Bank of England is hoping for a rosier economic picture.

    Bank of England boss ‘optimistic’ interest rate cuts are coming

    The BoE left its benchmark unchanged at 5.25 per cent, but the UK economy is looking ripe for a rate cut.

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    • Hans van Leeuwen
    Apartments for rent in the West Village neighbourhood of New York.

    Why Australia’s long-suffering renters are not alone

    Rents are soaring not only in Australia but also in the US, UK and Canada, preventing inflation from declining closer to central banks’ targeted levels.

    • Swati Pandey, Irina Anghel and Enda Curran
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    Europe’s far right is becoming mainstream.

    Europe’s far right is becoming mainstream

    Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots, and an unclear commitment to democracy, are emerging as Europe’s new leaders, the New York Times reports.

    • Roger Cohen
    Russian soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade dress rehearsal in Red Square.

    Russia not looking for global power clash: Putin

    Vladimir Putin now casts the war as part of a holy struggle with the West, which he says has forgotten the role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany.

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    • Guy Faulconbridge

    Garrick Club of London votes to accept female members for first time

    The vote – a margin of roughly 60 per cent to 40 per cent – will open membership to women for the first time since the club’s founding in 1831.

    • Mark Landler
    Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron at a Franco-Chinese Business Council dinner.

    Xi urges Macron to help avoid a ‘new cold war’

    The Chinese leader told his French counterpart that the two nations should uphold mutual benefits, and jointly oppose decoupling and the disruption of supply chains.

    • William Horobin, Samy Adghirni and Li Liu
    Chinese President Xi Jinping with French PM Gabriel Attal on Monday (AEST). Trade talks are on the agenda in meetings with President Emmanuel Macron.

    France’s cognac exports to China could be hit like Australian wine

    China opened an anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the EU in January, sparking fears cognac could suffer a similar blow to that taken by Australian wine.

    • Emma Rumney
    Vladimir Putin.

    Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn

    Russia has begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil, directly and via proxies, officials say.

    • Sam Jones, John Paul Rathbone and Richard Milne

    Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine

    France is backing a European Union probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports and in January Beijing opened an investigation into imports of brandy.

    • John Irish and Ingrid Melander
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    Putting on a brave face… British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

    Sunak clings on as PM by the skin of his teeth

    The local elections were disastrous for the British PM, but rebel Tories have paused because the outcome suggests Labour may not be on course for a landslide.

    • Hans van Leeuwen
    Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of Britain.

    Tories suffer historic losses in UK local elections as voters revolt

    The Conservative have lost dozens of seats on local councils - a result that suggests the party faces one of its biggest-ever defeats in the upcoming general election.

    • Pan Pylas
    Capify is saying goodbye to Goldman Sachs as its funder.

    ‘Twenty-five times salary’: Goldman scraps bonus cap for bankers

    Goldman will allow star traders and deal makers to earn up to 25 times their salary. The bank is trying to make London more attractive to top bankers after Brexit.

    • Eir Nolsoe and Michael Bow
    A Ukrainian soldier carries mines that he has cleared from a cemetery in Krasnopillya village in the Donetsk region.

    Russia using WW1 chemical weapons in Ukraine: US

    The US made the accusation as the French president stepped up calls for Europe to consider sending troops to Ukraine in the future.

    • Constant Méheut and Marc Santora
    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is hoping to avoid a wipeout this weekend.

    Angry, broken Britain set to push its PM off a cliff

    If Rishi Sunak can’t prevent a complete hammering at 100-plus mayoral and council elections, his party might kick off yet another leadership spill.

    • Hans van Leeuwen