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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
Ukraine starts EU membership talks in midst of war
BRUSSELS -The European Union opened membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, giving the country a political boost in the midst of its...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Ukraine inches closer to EU dream after decade of war
KYIV - A veteran of Ukraine's 2014 revolution who is now fighting Russian forces, Yehor Sobolev knows the price of Kyiv's decade-long...
Jun 26, 20243 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
Factbox-EU targets LNG and shipping in 14th Russia sanctions package
BRUSSELS - European Union countries on Monday adopted a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The...
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Factbox-Britain's big election issues
LONDON -Britain will elect a new government on July 4, with voters focussed on the high cost of living, failing public services and...
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Keir Starmer's drive to reset UK Labour risks alienating some ethnic minorities
LONDON - Sabia Akram has spent most of her life campaigning for Britain's opposition Labour Party but she will not celebrate if it wins...
Jun 24, 20244 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
North Macedonia parliament approves a new nationalist-dominated government
SKOPJE -North Macedonia's lawmakers on Sunday approved a new nationalist-dominated government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, whose...
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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