PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron lacks a majority in a fragmented and fractious parliament and has no easy option as he looks for a new prime minister to replace Francois Bayrou. Central to the president’s thinking will be who can bridge the divides in the National Assembly and pass a budget for 2026. With …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Norway has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, on a farm in the north of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as Europe faces a seasonal upturn in the deadly disease. The virus was detected in a flock of 7,500 …
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By Terje Solsvik, Nora Buli and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s minority Labour Party government won a second term in power on Monday while the populist right achieved its best-ever election result, official results showed, in a ballot dominated by concerns over rising living costs and wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Incumbent Prime Minister …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Over 1,800 actors, entertainers, and producers, including some Hollywood stars, signed a pledge released on Monday to not work with Israeli film institutions that they see as being complicit in the abuse of Palestinians by Israel. Some companies have faced calls for boycotts and protests over ties with the Israeli …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – A smiling Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday morning in his black and silver Mercedes Maybach luxury sedan, dressed in a dark suit and a yellow tie. But the former Thai prime minister left the court complex bereft of the trappings of power, …
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel ordered on Tuesday the demolition of homes in the West Bank hometowns of two Palestinian gunmen who attacked a bus stop in Jerusalem, and will revoke the work permits of hundreds of their fellow villagers and relatives. The gunmen, from the towns of Qatanna and Qubeiba north of Jerusalem …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -A New Zealand fugitive father shot dead by police put his children at risk with his actions and had “no regard” for their safety, authorities said on Tuesday, as police found quad bikes and ammunition at their campsite hideout. Tom Phillips disappeared with his three children, now aged 9, 10, …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, in another major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for two decades. Police would take Thaksin into custody, a Reuters reporter who attended the verdict said. Thaksin had yet to leave the courthouse. (Reporting …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -The challenge French President Emmanuel Macron faces in choosing his fifth prime minister in under two years lays bare the depth of a political crisis that in many ways is of his own making, and one with no clear path out. Francois Bayrou is set to tender his resignation as …
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By Elizabeth Pineau, Ingrid Melander and Charlotte Van Campenhout PARIS (Reuters) – France’s parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone’s second-largest economy. Lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his minority government with 364 …
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