Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a...

Macron isolated as legislative third-place finish prompts rethink of his legacy

BERLIN -- The far-right Alternative for Germany reelected its leadership duo Saturday after the party made gains in the recent European election, while thousands of people protested against its convention and some demonstrators tried to block roads or clashed with police. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, took 15.9% of the...

German far-right party reelects its leaders after election gains while opponents protest

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 Over 20 years ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate.“It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens in some of the nations that you see having presidential elections,” Khamenei said in 2001. “It is obvious that their people do not trust their political system, that they do not care about it and that they have no hope.”Iran now faces what the ayatollah described.Iran will hold a runoff presidential election Friday, only its second since the...

As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away

 Dozens of protesters gathered in Paris, France on Sunday 30 June following initial results of the first round of a parliamentary election which tipped Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) as the winner.Protesters set off flares in the capital as they marched through the city’s streets, past smoking tear gas canisters and flaming trash cans.The RN was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote, exit polls showed, in a huge setback for Emmanuel Macron who had called the snap election after his ticket was trounced by the RN in European Parliament elections earlier this month.

French protesters set off fireworks and damage Paris storefront after far-right election result

 Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) has taken a strong lead in France’s first round of parliamentary elections, following an unusually high turnout among voters. Official results showed that the nationalist leader’s party won 33 per cent of the vote, while current president Emmanuel Macron’s Together coalition slumped to third place on 20 per cent. Leftwing party New Popular Front (NFP) scored around 28 per cent. Nearly 60 per cent of the population turned out to vote, the highest in nearly four decades. By 5pm local time, 59.39 per cent of voters had already cast their ballot, compared...

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party take the lead in first round of French election voting

 A cabinet minister has said Labour is heading for the biggest general election landslide in history, effectively throwing in the towel before polls have even opened. In an extraordinary admission on the eve of polling day, work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said Sir Keir Starmer is on course to win a Commons majority with more seats than Sir Tony Blair in 1997.That would leave the Tories with a handful of MPs and facing the danger of extinction. He alluded to the 1931 election in which Labour leader Ramsey Macdonald led the National Government to victory with a record...

Tories concede defeat with 24 hours until general election polls open

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

The UK will vote in a general election on July 4 with polls suggesting Rishi Sunak's Conservatives could be on course for an historic defeat.

UK heads into general election with Sunak's Conservatives on course for washout

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The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

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New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

None of the four candidates in Iran’s Presidential elections secured the majority needed to win. Now, a reformist candidate will face a conservative hardliner in a run-off on July 5. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports.

Iran’s presidential election heads to a runoff after reformist wins most votes

Racking up millions of views, pro-Russian accounts on X have falsely accused President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife of using €4.5 million of Western military aid to buy the latest Bugatti model while visiting Paris. The posts cite a deepfake of a Bugatti employee's testimony as well as a doctored invoice as proof. It turns out the source of this story is an entirely fake news site created by AI, and recognised as part of a Russian propaganda network. Vedika Bahl explains in this episode of Truth or Fake.

No, Ukraine's first lady did not buy a new Bugatti with US taxpayer dollars

The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious congregation in northern India has risen to 121, authorities said on Wednesday, while a police report said the number of people present at the function was more than triple the permitted capacity.

At least 121 people, mostly women, killed in stampede at India's Hathras

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When French President Emmanuel Macron called for the snap elections, people thought he was crazy. The far-right party National Rally emerged ahead of Macron’s party in the first round of voting that occurred on June 30. Now, ahead of the July 7 runoff elections, many in France are concerned about the future of the parliament.  […]

Macron’s foolish snap election strategy

PARIS -- French opposition parties made hurried deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in Sunday's second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it.

French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government

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PARIS (Reuters) - The far-right National Rally (RN) party would not get a majority of seats in the French parliament following the second round of parliament elections on Sunday, according to a Harris Interactive poll.

French far right RN party would not get majority in parliament -Harris Interactive poll

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Georgia's population grew beyond the 11 million mark in 2023, reaching 11,029,227 residents according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. With a robust population increase of 2.9% from 2020 to 2023, 315,456 new residents arrived in the state. Georgia was the 10th fastest-growing state in the US by percentage during the reporting period.

Georgia's Population Surges Past 11 Million, Fueled by Migration

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Initial results from France's snap parliamentary elections indicate a potential significant change in the country's political trajectory.

France faces potential political shift after right-wing party gains in snap election

Marine Le Pen's anti-immigrant and eurosceptic far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election. Reporting from Brussels, FRANCE 24's Pierre Benazet explains what a far-right victory in France could mean for the European Union.

French legislative elections results could have 'major implications' for the EU

Despite calls for voters to form a united front against the National Rally (National Front), the far-right party came out on top when the results of the first round of voting for France's snap legislative elections were revealed.

French left races to prevent far-right takeover

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Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off

French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the run-off of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the...

Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off

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