The UK government says the International Cricket Council should “deliver on their own rules” relating to women’s participation as the England men’s team resist calls to boycott their upcoming match against Afghanistan.A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to refuse to play next month’s …
Donald Trump Jr made a private visit to Greenland on Tuesday, just weeks after his father restated his interest in the mineral- and oil-rich Danish autonomous territory, which itself wants independence.The US President-elect on Monday called the Arctic island “an incredible place”, promising that its people would prosper should it ever be annexed by Washington.”We …
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, an extreme right-winger who haunted the French political establishment for decades, died on Tuesday aged 96, dividing opinion until the end.While the left decried him as a “fascist”, many admitted he had succeeded in moving France’s political dial to the right.Under his leadership the National Front party, which he co-founded with former …
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Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.”We’re going to get rid of fact-checkers (that) have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created, especially in the …
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Ghana on Tuesday swore in president-elect John Mahama in the capital Accra before some 20 regional leaders as he promises to lift the West African gold and cocoa producer out of the doldrums.Mahama won 56 percent of the vote in the nation’s presidential election on December 9, defeating ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu …
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Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96.The party was later renamed the National Rally (RN) under the leadership of his daughter Marine Le Pen.- 1972: birth of the National Front -Jean-Marie Le Pen, a former paratrooper who served …
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration.The co-founder of the far-right National Front — later renamed the National Rally (RN) — was eventually booted out of the party …
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More than 700 young workers are suing McDonald’s UK after widespread harassment claims were exposed in the media in 2023, law firm Leigh Day said on Tuesday. Leigh Day is seeking compensation from the US fast-food giant on behalf of current and former staff who were aged under 20 when working at McDonald’s.”Clients have described experiences …
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France’s far right, died on Tuesday aged 96, his family told AFP.Le Pen, who had been in a care home for several weeks, died at midday (1100 GMT) Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said in a statement.Le Pen, the co-founder of the National Front, sent …
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South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times after his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.As anti-graft officials …
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