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France’s New Popular Front Coalition pulled off a stunning parliamentary election victory on Sunday, blocking Marine Le Pen’s far-right ultranationalist party, the National Rally, from overtaking the country’s government. After a strong showing from a coalition made up of the Republican right-wing party and the National Rally in the first round of voting last week, France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal called upon candidates from President Emmanuel Macron’s party who were caught in three-way races to begin dropping out—and, quite amazingly, they did. As a result, the New Popular Front, a four-party left-green alliance, came in first with 192 seats. Macron’s...

Watch: French Far Right Has Funniest Response Ever to Election Results

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A left-of-center coalition beat out Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in France’s second round of parliamentary elections Sunday, shocking politicians and pundits alike. But with no party winning an absolute majority, the country has been plunged into an uncertain state of political gridlock that could stretch on for months.The alliance, the New Popular Front, won at least 181 seats, according to the Associated Press, which cited France’s Interior Ministry. Meanwhile, Macron’s centrist bloc slid into second place with at least 160 seats, while National Rally took a measly 143 seats.Final results were still being tallied on Sunday night, with...

French Prime Minister to Resign After Shocking Defeat for Far Right

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France was gripped by political turmoil yesterday after Marine Le Pen's hard-Right party won the first round of a snap election.

Fears of French civil war after Marine Le Pen's hard-Right party victory in election called by 'reckless' Macron that saw clashes in streets

The Independent

Violent clashes erupted on the streets of France after a shock win for the country’s left-wing coalition blocked the far-right from taking power in the country’s snap general election.Protesters could be seen launching flares, setting e-bikes on fire and clashing with police as thousands of officers were deployed across France.Follow live election updates hereIt comes after the left-wing New Popular Front won 182 seats, followed by president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together alliance on 168 and the far-right National Rally in third with 143 seats - in a bitter blow for Marine Le Pen’s party.National Rally had held a commanding lead...

Violent clashes break out in Paris after shock exit poll results in France’s general election

 A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — arrived in Athens Monday en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session. A dual Greek-Albanian citizen, 51-year-old Fredis Beleris is serving a two-year prison sentence in Albania for vote-buying in municipal elections last year in Albania – a candidate to join the European Union. He denies the charges, and Greece has described the case against him as being politically motivated.“I am proud that I am going to assume my...

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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The empty seats belied China's stubbornly high youth unemployment rate -- a problem so pressing that President Xi Jinping has told top Communist Party (CCP) cadres it should be a "top priority". His words have been seen by many analysts as a signal that reforms could be in the pipeline...

China making youth unemployment a 'top priority'

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican. The upcoming Nov. 5 election would have been the first time Crooks had been old enough to vote in a presidential race. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle brings you this analysis.

Trump shooter a ‘supporter of Republican Party’

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CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

The man identified as the shooter in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally where one attendee was killed. Investigators were working Sunday to gather more information about Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who they say opened fire at the rally before being killed by Secret Service days before Trump was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time.

Police identify 20-year-old suspect in Trump assassination attempt

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Trump had been wounded by a gunman at a campaign rally in Philadelphia. But Fredericks, who spent a week preparing for the convention, remained confident that Trump would still come to Milwaukee, despite having come so close to death. "He isn't going to hover in a corner," Fredericks said, who...

Shock in Milwaukee after Trump shooting

Continuing their investigation into Sunday's assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, authorities search for answers as to why Thomas Crooks, 20, the main suspect, carried out the attack.

No motive for Trump assassination identified

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Paris — The torch relay ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics reached the French capital for the first time on Sunday, with organizers hoping to build enthusiasm for the Games among the city's skeptical residents. The flame was first glimpsed during the traditional military parade held every year on the July 14 national holiday, largely known outside the country as Bastille Day, and then began its tour around the city from the Champs-Elysees. World Cup-winning soccer great Thierry Henry was given the honor of the first leg on the capital's most famous avenue, with the torch then heading for landmarks...

Olympic flame arrives in Paris ahead of 2024 Summer Games

What began as a jubilant rally Saturday for Donald Trump days before he becomes the official Republican presidential nominee ended in mere minutes with the former president bloodied and a suspected would-be assassin shot dead by the Secret Service. There was also one spectator killed and two others who were...

Trump assassination attempt: What we know so far

US District Judge Aileen Cannon presiding over the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday on a technicality, the Guardian's David Smith tells FRANCE 24.

Federal judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump on technicality

Former US president Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The suspected gunman and a bystander were killed and two bystanders were seriously injured in the attack. A bullet pierced Trump's right ear and his campaign team on Sunday said the Republican presidential hopeful was "fine". Here's a look back in images of an attack that is likely to enter the annals of US history.

In pictures: Gunshots, screams, shock as Trump escapes attempted assassination at rally

World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally. Presidents and prime ministers globally spoke out against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by the shooting on Saturday, which killed one bystander and left two other spectators critically wounded.

Trump assassination attempt draws condemnation from world leaders

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French left propose Huguette Bello as compromise PM pick, but Socialists are on the fence

After nearly a week of frantic negotiations, Huguette Bello emerged as a contender for the French prime minister’s post when Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the hard left...

French left propose Huguette Bello as compromise PM pick, but Socialists are on the fence

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