More than two hundred candidates have withdrawn from participating in the second round of the French parliamentary elections. They hope to prevent a candidate from Marine Le Pen's radical-right party Rassemblement National (RN) from winning the seat. That party aims...
Over 200 candidates withdraw from the second round of French elections to take the wind out of Le Pen’s sails
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Visits Kyiv for First Time Since Start of War
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G7 Leaders Accuse China of Enabling Russia’s War on Ukraine
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EU Court Fines Hungary $216M for Violating Asylum Laws
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EU Commission Takes Action Against Airlines for Misleading Green Claims
The European Commission, alongside EU consumer authorities, has issued notices to 20 airlines operating within the EU, urging them to rectify misleading green assertions aimed at consumers. Airlines have been given a 30-day ultimatum to outline corrective measures...
British Parliament approves controversial plans by the UK government to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
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EU Launches Investigations into Chinese Subsidies and Imports
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Israel is on the brink of a major military escalation as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prepare for a ground invasion into southern Lebanon. This move comes in the wake of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s...
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China’s pursuit of naval dominance has faced a major setback after one of its newest nuclear submarines, part of the advanced Zhou-class, sank in a dock earlier this year. U.S. officials confirmed that the vessel went down in May or June at the Wuchang shipyard near...