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Eleven held in France over killing of far-right activist

PARIS — Eleven people, including two aides to a French far-left lawmaker, were arrested in France overnight and early on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a far-right activist last weekend in Lyon, according to the Lyon prosecutor’s office, which has opened a murder investigation. Among those arrested were at least one aide and two other people connected to Raphael Arnault, a lawmaker from far-left party France Unbowed (LFI), who said on Tuesday...

Russia, facing labor crunch worsened by war, pivots to India for workers

MOSCOW — A group of weary-looking Indian men carrying sports bags queued at passport control at a busy Moscow airport one recent evening after flying over 2,700 miles — and via Uzbekistan — to get work. “I have a contract for one year. In the rubbish disposal business. The money is good,” said Ajit, one of the men, speaking in English. Faced with what the authorities say is an immediate shortage of at least 2.3...