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22 October 2025, 02:41 AM
Sarkozy begins 5-yr prison sentence
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM
France's ex-leader Sarkozy jailed, proclaiming his innocence
21 October 2025, 17:44 PM
EU seeks ways to step up checks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
20 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Amazon’s outage disrupts internet services
20 October 2025, 18:19 PM
Italian coastguard rescues dozens of migrants, 2 dead
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Louvre denies tapping Israeli firm in theft probe
20 October 2025, 15:44 PM
Louvre’s prized jewels stolen in daring heist
19 October 2025, 18:17 PM
Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term
19 October 2025, 14:15 PM
Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
19 October 2025, 02:45 AM
Napoleon’s pistols sold for 1.69m euros
Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million), the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as national treasures.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
French left to name PM candidate this week
The French left will choose a candidate for prime minister from within their victorious electoral coalition within the week, said Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure today.
8 July 2024, 07:06 AM
France seeks way out of political 'fog' after far right defeat
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority
8 July 2024, 02:34 AM
French polls: Win for the left, blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament
France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority
8 July 2024, 02:25 AM
Voter turnout high in French election
French voters turned out in force for the second round of a parliamentary election yesterday that could see the far-right National Rally (RN) emerge as the strongest party, severely denting President Emmanuel Macron’s authority.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Polls open in second round of French parliament vote
Polling stations opened across mainland France on Sunday for a second round parliamentary vote that is expected to be won by far right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN)
7 July 2024, 08:26 AM
France votes in 'seismic' election
France votes in legislative elections Sunday that will be decisive in determining its political future and could see the far right become the largest party in parliament for the first time
7 July 2024, 02:28 AM
Starmer ‘restless for change’ after win
Newly elected UK prime minister Keir Starmer yesterday began his first full day in charge declaring himself “restless for change” and pledging that growth would be his Labour government’s “number one mission”.
6 July 2024, 18:00 PM
France kicks off 2nd round of polls
France yesterday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to give the far right its biggest ever presence in parliament.
6 July 2024, 18:00 PM
4 Bangladesh-origin MPs reelected
Four Bangladesh-origin candidates -- Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Apsana Begum -- have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Labour back in power with huge mandate
Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday pledged to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian strikes kill 2, wound 15 in Ukraine
Russian attacks killed two and wounded more than a dozen others in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine yesterday, regional officials said.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
As Europe turns right, UK steers to centre
The centre-left Labour Party’s crushing victory in the British election stands in stark contrast to recent gains by the far right across Europe.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
UK General Election: Labour landslide expected as millions vote
Millions of Britons voted yesterday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule.
4 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Labour predicted to eject Tories as UK goes to polls
Britain’s political leaders made a final push for votes yesterday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule.
3 July 2024, 18:00 PM
UN rights chief warns about rise of far-right in Europe
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday called for vigilance in the face of far-right political gains in Europe, citing narratives that dehumanise migrants and asylum seekers
3 July 2024, 14:40 PM
Halving food waste can reduce hunger for 153m people
Halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally, the OECD and the UN’s food agency said in a joint report yesterday.
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
French Election: Parties rush to build anti-far right front
France’s political parties rushed to build a united front aimed at blocking the path to government of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) yesterday, after it made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election.
1 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Macron seeks to thwart French far-right in election second round
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government
1 July 2024, 04:20 AM
French far right wins first round: exit polls
France’s far right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections yesterday with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades, estimates said.
30 June 2024, 18:00 PM