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Swiss bank Credit Suisse said Thursday it will move to shore up its finances, borrowing up to $54 billion from the central bank after its shares plunged, dragging down other major European lenders in the wake of bank failures in the United States.

There was no historic comeback for Liverpool. Real Madrid’s title defense in the Champions League rolls into the quarterfinals.

The reform proposed by the European Commission has a strong focus on long-term electricity contracts.

The Commission wants to cut red tape for clean tech companies, facilitate investments, and boost the mining and processing of critical raw materials.

Conspicuous by its absence at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III on May 6 will be the Koh-i-Noor diamond. In this edition of Coronation Countdown, FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Philip Turle explains why the decision has been made not to use a crown featuring the diamond – a choice taken for the sake of international relations.

Crowds were gathering at Paris’s Esplanade des Invalides on Wednesday for the eighth day of strikes against the French government’s plans for pension reform. FRANCE 24’s Liza Kaminov reports.

The French capital ‘is in pretty good shape’ 500 days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, according to Simon Rofe, an expert in sports diplomacy and an associate professor of international politics at the University of Leeds.

Polish activist Justyna Wydrzynska was on Tuesday found guilty of supplying a pregnant woman with abortion pills in the Catholic country, her NGO said, in Poland’s first such case.

The proposed reform is a direct response to the energy crisis, which last year pushed electricity bills to record highs.

Here are the main numbers about migration to the EU you need to know