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PARIS (Reuters) - Lawmakers in France's National Assembly on Thursday handed centrist politician Yeael Braun-Pivet, a loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron, a second term as speaker in a tight win over the candidate from the left. Braun-Pivet scored 220 ballots while her main rival for the job, veteran communist...

French Lawmakers Re-Elect Macron-Ally Braun-Pivet as Speaker in Blow to Left

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will face a 'make-or-break' vote on Thursday (July 18) when the European Parliament will decide whether to hand her another term helming the bloc's executive arm. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating tells us more.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces vote on her bid for second 5-year term

French lawmakers reelected Yaël Braun-Pivet as president of the National Assembly Thursday, overcoming a political deadlock after the hung parliament of July’s parliamentary elections.

Macron’s party wins parliamentary president role despite rebuke from voters

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Cheryl E Preston

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

Virginia State

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful are pretty much unified in their expectations of what will happen between Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) and Paris Buckingham (Diamond White), who recently announced their engagement.

The Bold and the Beautiful fans believe Thomas will dump Paris for Hope

Kenyan police said they arrested on Monday (July 15) a suspected serial killer who confessed to murdering 42 women, including his wife, and discarding their dismembered bodies in a Nairobi rubbish dump.

Kenya suspect in dumped bodies case 'confesses to 42 murders'

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Hungary has cancelled a meeting for Monday in Budapest with Germany's foreign minister and her Hungarian counterpart, a German foreign ministry official said on Friday.

'Astonished' Germany says Hungary cancelled foreign minister meeting

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary does not want NATO to become an "anti-China" bloc, and will not support it doing so, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. In comments on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, he also said Ukraine's admission to the military alliance would weaken unity in the group.

Hungary will not support NATO becoming 'anti-China' bloc, minister says

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, I heard adults say that the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were shouting "Crucify Him" less than a week later. We don't know if they were the same individuals, but the principal makes a point that unfortunately, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali is experiencing.

General Hospital gives an official statement after racists attack Tabyana Ali online

Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, speaks to CNBC's Arabile Gumede at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace, England.

Finland president: In order to achieve peace, you have to arm Ukraine

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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

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Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Some social media users have been claiming that the gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump during a campaign rally on July 13 is an anti-fascist (Antifa) activist. They’ve been circulating a photo that they say shows this person since July 14. The man in the photo is actually...

No, this photo and video do not show the gunman who tried to assassinate Trump

A Florida judge appointed by Donald Trump on Monday (July 15) dismissed one of the criminal cases against him, concerning charges that he mishandled top secret documents -- a decision the prosecution is set to appeal.

US judge dismisses Trump classified documents case

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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

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the Seine Wednesday after putting it off multiple times. The latest test of the water quality shows that the river is currently safe to swim in. But are Parisians ready to take the plunge? Katrine Lyngso reports.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in Seine to quell scepticism over water quality

Women are too short, too weak -- and in some cases, too overweight -- to protect someone like Trump, according to people on the US political right who accused the Secret Service of "woke" hiring practices they say nearly got the former president killed. Several women can be seen among...

US right takes aim at women Secret Service agents who protected Trump

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, the party faithful have been quick to credit divine intervention with saving their leader's life after he was wounded in a shooting at his Pennsylvania rally. Images of the bloodied former president raising his fist defiantly in the air as the...

Trump faithful see God's hand in assassination escape

LONDON (Diya TV) — Labour ministers in the UK are pushing back against a recent claim by Donald Trump’s new running mate, JD Vance, suggesting the UK is an “Islamist country” with nuclear capabilities. Vance, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, described Britain under the new Labour government as the world’s first “truly Islamist country” to have a nuclear weapon. This assertion has ruffled feathers among Labour ministers, who have been in office for less than two weeks and are eager to foster positive relations with both Trump and Vance.

UK Labour ministers dismiss Trump’s VP Pick Vance’s remarks on ‘Islamist’ nuclear status

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France’s parliament to vote on new Assembly president: What's at stake?

France’s new National Assembly is set to meet for the first time Thursday (July...

France’s parliament to vote on new Assembly president: What's at stake?

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