The Independent

 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

The deadline for declarations in the French elections ended Tuesday, with large numbers of left and centre candidates standing aside in order to try to block the far-right National Rally (RN). Parties had till 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT) to register contenders for Sunday’s second round of parliamentary elections.

French election candidates withdraw in bid to block far right

Reuters

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

The Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will secure a ruling majority for the party in legislative elections on Sunday, including a woman it has now pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo of her wearing a World War II-era Nazi officer’s peaked cap.

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election

PARIS (AP) — The far-right National Rally leaped into a strong lead Sunday in France’s first round of legislative elections, polling agencies projected, bringing the party closer to being able to form a government in round two and dealing a major slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his risky decision to call the surprise ballot.

French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections

The next Republican Party platform will be written behind closed doors. In a break from decades-long precedent, reporters and spectators will not be allowed to watch next week’s party platform committee proceedings in Milwaukee. C-SPAN, which has previously broadcast the committee’s work, was never offered access this year, and told that the three-day meeting will be closed to the press.

In a shift, the RNC will decide its platform behind closed doors

Nathalie Oziol, a lawmaker for La France Insoumise, discusses National Rally's success in the first round of the French elections, and explains what her party, part of the NFP, will do to prevent a far-right majority.

Withdrawal of NFP election candidates a clear decision to prevent RN victory, says NFP MP

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The daughter of the former president opened up about the “painful” experience.

Ivanka Trump Breaks Silence On Dad’s Legal Problems In New Interview

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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

Panama’s newly inaugurated president pledged to curb migrant crossings via the Darién Gap — a dangerous and largely lawless patch of jungle connecting Panama to Colombia that many traverse on their way to the United States. The remarks by President José Raúl Mulino, a former security minister,...

Panama pledges to curb migrant crossings as US agrees to pay for repatriation

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Auma Obama, the half-sister of former US President Barack Obama, found herself at the heart of Kenya’s turbulent protests against a controversial…
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Obama’s Half-Sister Teargassed On Live TV During Protests In Kenya: ‘I Can’t Even See Anymore’

The first round of Iran's presidential election revealed shrinking support for both reformists and conservatives even though some voters are pushing for change by backing the sole reformist candidate, analysts say. The candidate also received support from Ghalibaf, who after Saturday's result urged his support base to back Jalili in next Friday's runoff. 

Iran election shows declining voter support amid calls for change

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Fifty percent of Norfolk church has high blood pressure. 3WTKR reports that Pastor Reverend Dr. Geoffrey Guns of Second Calvery Baptist Church in Norfolk made a startling discovery in March. He asked congregants who had high blood pressure to stand and half of the congregation rose to their feet.

Virginia pastor reveals half of his African American congregation has hypertension

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Two innovative carbon capture projects got underway in Los Angeles County, as global emissions hit record levels. A wastewater treatment plant that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere broke ground this week, while another California group unveiled the US’s first direct air capture system for mass production: a shipping container-sized machine that can remove 500 tons of CO₂ a year.

California’s carbon capture projects

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The world’s largest William Shakespeare collection has reopened after an $80 million renovation. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is hoping to revive interest in the English language’s most famous writer at a time when “Shakespeare’s exalted place in the public imagination is increasingly under threat, at least in America,” The Economist wrote, with the political right decrying his work as obscene and some on the left considering it colonialist, racist, and misogynistic.

World’s largest Shakespeare collection reopens after $80 million renovation

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One of Donald Trump’s attorneys is claiming that the “fake-electors” scheme qualifies as an “official act," thus exempting him from being prosecuted after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling on Monday, the Hill reported. Trump attorney Will Scharf told CNN Monday night that while some of the...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says presidential immunity doesn't apply to Trump's fake electors scheme

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Britain's Labor Party is expected to win the biggest majority of any single party since 1832 in parliamentary elections Thursday, according to a final poll.

Polls suggest Fourth of July landslide for Labor Party in Britain's general election

China has reportedly stopped publishing data on how much wind and solar power is being wasted, as the country’s grid struggles to accommodate fluctuating energy sources. China has a track record of “quietly ceasing” to publish unflattering reports, Bloomberg wrote, and in its latest monthly release, the National Energy Administration neglected to include how much renewable energy was left unused. Despite being a global leader in solar and wind energy, China’s grid lacks storage capacity, which means some regions have a surplus of unusable green energy during peak daytime hours. The country’s energy regulator is considering ways to reduce the strain on the grid, such as lowering energy prices during periods of high supply but low demand.

China halts data on wasted energy

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected as head of state following Saturday's national vote, winning comfortably in the first round without the need for a run-off. The electoral commission website shows he took over 56% of the vote, beating six opposition candidates. In second position was anti-slavery activist...

Mauritanian president comfortably wins re-election

There is a gulf between how Ukraine and its allies in Europe view the war with Russia and its likely outcome, new research has found. The European Council on Foreign Relations, an European think tank, found that Ukrainians and other Europeans generally support aiding Ukraine in its fight against Russia, but they disagree on what that support will likely achieve. Ukrainians believe the support can help it win the war; while other Europeans are skeptical of that outcome.

‘Chasm’ between how Ukrainians, Europeans view war with Russia ending

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How France’s parties are uniting to combat the far right

Over 200 candidates have dropped out of France’s legislative elections in a coordinated push by multiple parties to consolidate support and keep the...

How France’s parties are uniting to combat the far right

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