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Macron refuses Attal’s resignation, asks French PM to stay on temporarily for ‘stability’
Date: 2024-07-08 11:32:56 GMT - France - World - SN:30 - ID:10776321
PARIS, July 8 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain temporarily in office as head of government "in order to ensure the country's stability" after the government’s political camp lost its ....
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French PM hands in resignation to Macron
Date: 2024-07-08 11:17:30 GMT - France - World - SN:28 - ID:10776197
PARIS, July 8 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to unveil a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle in a bid to give new momentum to the final three years of his presidency, France 24 ....
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Fishing boat carrying 283 migrants to Europe safely reaches southern Greek island
Date: 2024-07-08 10:45:18 GMT - Greece - World - SN:26 - ID:10776203
ATHENS, July 8 (MENA) - A fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern Greek island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, ABC quoted Greek authorities as having said Monday. There were no ....
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Leftwing surge thwarts far right in French election: Financial Times
Date: 2024-07-08 09:51:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:10776086
LONDON, July 8 (MENA) - France is heading towards a hung parliament and rocky talks to form a government after an unexpected leftwing victory thwarted Marine Le Pen’s efforts to bring the far right to power, the Financial Times newspaper reported on ....
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11 dead, 19 missing In Indonesia landslide
Date: 2024-07-08 05:33:21 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:4 - ID:10775730
JAKARTA, July 8 (MENA) - At least 11 people are dead and 19 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, ABC News reported quoting an official as saying on ....
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French PM says will tender resignation on Monday morning
Date: 2024-07-07 20:43:32 GMT - France - World - SN:69 - ID:10775672
PARIS, July 7 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has offered to hand his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron tomorrow morning, Sky News reported on Sunday. Speaking after the snap French elections revealed no party would be able to ....
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New Popular Front leads French legislative elections
Date: 2024-07-07 20:02:19 GMT - France - World - SN:64 - ID:10775590
PARIS, July 7 (MENA) – France’s left-wing New Popular Front coalition is set to unexpectedly win the most seats in the second round of the country’s parliamentary election, early results show. The New Popular Front — an alliance of five parties ....
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The Observer view on the new Labour government
Date: 2024-07-07 11:50:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:10774899
LONDON, July 7 (MENA) - It could not come soon enough. After 14 years, Britain at last has a government motivated by re-energising a sluggish economy rather than channelling lucrative state contracts to wealthy friends, according to The ....
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Russian Ambassador to China: US uses sanctions, dollar as weapon for political goals
Date: 2024-07-07 10:39:49 GMT - China - World - SN:21 - ID:10774714
BEIJING, July 7 (MENA) - The US and its allies use sanctions and dollar hegemony as weapons to achieve their political goals, Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said. Morgulov made the remarks at a panel discussion on the prospects of ....
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Russian army loses 1,150 soldiers in Ukraine in past day
Date: 2024-07-07 06:08:23 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:8 - ID:10774409
KIEV, July 7 (MENA) - Russia lost about 550,990 troops in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 7, 2024, including 1,150 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours, Ukrinform news agency reported quoting the General Staff of the ....
