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MARRAKECH, Morocco International Monetary Fund members on Saturday pledged to complete a review of quota funding by Dec.

Colombia’s central bank has room to lower interest rates by over five percentage points from the current level

The Qatari group led by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad J.J. Al Thani has withdrawn its bid to buy

Changing attitudes to work since the pandemic and sluggish business investment have hit the UK’s economic capacity and

By Leika Kihara MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) -The yen's recent declines are driven by fundamentals and do not meet any of

MARRAKECH The euro zone labour market shows no sign of softening, despite a near recessionary environment and a

By Jorgelina do Rosario MARRAKECH Colombian Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla said on Saturday his ministry was working with

MARRAKECH, Morocco Overshadowed by fresh Middle East violence and hosted by a country still recovering from an earthquake,

By Jorgelina do Rosario, Rodrigo Campos and Ank Kuipers MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) -Suriname received a counter to its proposal to

The Louvre Museum in Paris has been evacuated after a bomb threat. Thousands of visitors and staff were escorted from the building and the hugely popular attraction was closed early Saturday because of a written warning. Parents were seen dragging children towards the exits as alarms rang out through the vast museum in central Paris overlooking the Seine River. The evacuation was announced at 11am with tourists seen flooding out of the underground shopping centre beneath its iconic art gallery’s glass pyramid. A spokesperson for the museum the response was linked to the government’s decision to put France on high alert after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected extremist. “The Louvre received a written message stating that there was a risk to the museum and its visitors”, a spokeswoman told AFP after announcing the closure on social media. “We have decided... to evacuate and close it for the day, while we carry out the necessary checks”. The Louvre communication service added that no-one had been hurt. Videos posted online showed people leaving, some hurriedly and some stopping to take photos, others apparently confused about what was happening. It came as the French government raised the threat alert level and is deploying 7,000 troops to increase security after Friday’s school attack. French authorities say a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization killed a teacher and wounded three other people before being captured. Dominique Bernard, 57, a French literature teacher, was stabbed to death in the courtyard of the Gambetta-Carnot secondary school in Arras on Friday. Three other members of staff were injured, two of them critically. The suspect, identified by prosecutors as Mohamed M., who has been arrested, was a former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said. One of the attackers’ brothers was also detained nearby. Numerous witnesses heard Friday’s attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar”, according to prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard. The government is also concerned about fallout in France from the war between Israel and Hamas. The Louvre, home to masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, welcomes between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors per day. Read More The Louvre Museum in Paris is being evacuated after a threat while France is under high alert Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece Russia and US say attacks by Putin’s forces in east are ‘new offensive’ - live Russia and US say attacks by Putin’s forces in east are ‘new offensive’ - live Reuters videographer killed in southern Lebanon by Israeli shelling is laid to rest Russia pounds Ukraine’s Avdiivka for fourth straight day

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco International Monetary Fund countries agreed on Saturday to a "meaningful

Fighting on Ukraine‘s eastern front has “significantly worsened” in recent days, the commander of Kyiv’s ground forces said on Saturday. Oleksandr Syrskyi, visiting troops in the area, said Russian forces had regrouped after losses and were attacking around the village of Makiivka and towards the city of Kupiansk. “The main objective of the enemy is the defeat of a grouping of our troops, the encirclement of Kupiansk and to reach the Oskil River,” he said in comments carried by an official military platform. Syrskyi added that Russian forces were carrying out “dozens” of assaults each day, but that Ukrainian troops had been ready and were holding their ground. The development comes as Kremlin forces were also pummelling the strategic Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, on a different section of the eastern front, in what Russian and Western officials said amounted to a new offensive. A four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive has made some progress in both the east, near Bakhmut, and in the south, where Kyiv hopes to reach the Sea of Azov, but gains have been incremental. Read More IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions French police probe ‘poisoning’ of TV journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on air Russia loses vote to rejoin UN’s top human rights body despite Putin’s charm offensive with stolen grain Putin scales up attack on key town in eastern Ukraine as three dead in drone strikes on Russia