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French PM refuses to 'promise the moon', clashes with far-right in debate
PARIS -French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
French Jews caught between extremes in polarising snap election
PARIS - As French Jews, Maury and Alain Fischler feel trapped between equally unpalatable extremes as France rushes into a snap election...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Factbox-Key party figures to know in the French election campaign
PARIS - France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War Two, with the anti-immigrant National Rally...
Jun 26, 20244 min read
French alliance seeks to counter voter apathy, turn a Paris suburb leftward
LE PLESSIS-TREVISE, France - In a racially mixed suburb of Paris, left-wing parliamentary candidate Adel Amara campaigned door-to-door...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
France faces risk of violence due to snap election, interior minister says
PARIS - France could see civil unrest and violence that is related to the elections, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday as...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Who is voting for the far right as French election nears?
PARIS - This month's European election was not only the trigger for French President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary poll...
Jun 24, 20243 min read
For Iran's youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race
DUBAI - Atousa joined angry protests against Iran's rulers in 2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young...
Jun 24, 20243 min read
PM Modi’s choice of Kashmir as Yoga Day venue is symbolic & assertive
Srinagar, June 21 - The decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold the 10th International Day of Yoga in J&K’s Srinagar city is...
Jun 21, 20243 min read
After electoral setback, Modi may be forced to amend India's food policy
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a policy conundrum after losing ground in the recent election: how to...
Jun 21, 20244 min read
South Africa's Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins
PRETORIA -A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to...
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Macron's PM promises household finances boost to stave off threat from far-right and left
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance would lower power bills, soften inheritance tax and link pensions to...
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Explainer-France election 2024: what happens if no one gets an absolute majority?
PARIS - France votes on June 30 and July 7 in a snap parliamentary election which opinion polls forecast the far-right National Rally...
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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