National Assembly Rejects Censure Motions, Approves Social Security Budget
The National Assembly rejected this Monday the two motions of censure filed respectively by the left (LFI, communists and ecologists, without the PS) and the RN, in response to 49.3 triggered by Elisabeth Borne on the “revenue” part of the budget of social Security. This rejection constitutes adoption on first reading of this part of […]
Read MoreThree ways the Kevin McCarthy drama could end ahead of speaker vote
Speaker of the US House Kevin McCarthy’s job is on the line – and he may need the help of the Democratic opposition to keep it. That is the conundrum facing the man who was elected, after four days and 15 rounds of balloting, to run the Republican-controlled lower chamber of Congress at the beginning […]
Read MoreMilan Grants Asylum to Egyptian Lawyer Defending Dissidents
Twenty-one pages of study of the situation in Egypt on the basis of the most accredited international sources lead the judges of the Immigration Section of the Court of Milan to conclude that, faced with the «tangible proof of the absolutely critical situation of the Egyptian State in the recognition and protection of rights fundamentals […]
Read MoreJoe Biden to join UAW picket line in solidarity with striking autoworkers
Joe Biden will make a rare presidential appearance on a picket line in Michigan on Tuesday to show solidarity with striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union locked in an escalating dispute with America’s three biggest carmakers. In a high-stakes effort to steal a march on Donald Trump, Biden will offer his backing to […]
Read MoreLabour would treat Channel people smugglers as terrorists, says Starmer
Criminals involved in cross-Channel people-smuggling would be treated as terrorists under an illegal immigration policy announced by Keir Starmer, who labelled those who disagreed with his plans “un-British”. The Labour leader, who is holding talks at The Hague in the Netherlands with officials from Europol and other bodies on Thursday, has suggested that an agreement to […]
Read MoreThe question of the day. Do politicians have their place in entertainment shows?
This is the shock duo of the new school year: former minister, 2007 presidential candidate and divisive figure on the left, Ségolène Royal is due to make her debut as a TV columnist this week under the wing of Cyril Hanouna, a host as influential as she is controversial. Thirty-four years after having attacked Japanese […]
Read More‘The war had come to us too’: how Ukraine’s Danube ports became vital hubs – and targets
It had been hundreds of years since the world paid much attention to the Danube river port of Izmail at the edge of the estuary that now separates Romania and Ukraine. The Russian and Ottoman empires traded blows here in the 18th century, and one epic battle in 1790 – followed by a bloody massacre of civilians […]
Read MoreNiger: the junta cancels the visa of the French ambassador
The military junta in power in Niger has reiterated the expulsion order of the French ambassador Sylvain Itté, who is no longer recognized as having “the privileges and immunity” linked to his role, and has asked for the intervention of the forces of police. In a statement signed by the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
Read MoreFrench-Tunisian Consultant Alleges Espionage by UAE and Swiss Firm: The Qatar Connection Uncovered
Recent investigations by Mediapart and The New Yorker have shed light on the UAE’s alleged use of a Swiss private intelligence company to spy on individuals linked to Qatar. Among the affected figures is Sihem Souid, a French-Tunisian consultant working for Qatar, who has filed a complaint against the United Arab Emirates and the Geneva-based […]
Read MoreFormer Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan sentenced to three years in jail
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested after a court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in jail and disqualified him from politics for “corrupt practices” involving the sale of state gifts. Khan, 70, was picked up by police from his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court ruled on the Toshakhana case, […]
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