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Jailing of 45 Hong Kong democrats in national security trial draws criticism
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a national security trial...
Nov 21, 20244 min read
Analysis-France's new government is fragile but don't write it off just yet
PARIS - It's a mess, but it might just hold. Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised by...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
PARIS - France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Factbox-Michel Barnier's first challenges as France's new PM
PARIS - French conservative Michel Barnier, named prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, faces an overflowing in-tray...
Sep 12, 20242 min read
France's Macron won't name leftist prime minister, prolonging political crisis
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out naming a prime minister from the leftist New Popular Front alliance and will instead...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Analysis-Italy's Meloni put domestic concerns first in rejecting von der Leyen
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's decision not to back Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission chief was driven by fear...
Jul 21, 20243 min read
Social media fuels Kenyan youth backlash over lawmakers' opulence
NAIROBI - Luxury cars, private helicopters, mounds of cash. The lavish lifestyles of Kenya's lawmakers, splashed across TikTok and X,...
Jul 13, 20245 min read
Explainer-Coalition or chaos? What lies ahead after France's election
President Emmanuel Macron has urged the mainstream parties in France's hung parliament to form a coalition able to muster a "solid"...
Jul 11, 20243 min read
France's Macron, breaking post-vote silence, urges mainstream coalition
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on mainstream parties to join forces to form a solid majority in the...
Jul 11, 20243 min read
Melenchon, 'divisive' supremo of France's hard-left, poses coalition conundrum
PARIS - France's left has a Jean-Luc Mélenchon problem. The towering firebrand of France's hard-left, Melenchon's France Unbowed (LFI)...
Jul 10, 20243 min read
French left wants to rule but centrists demand a role
PARIS - French political leaders from the left-wing bloc that came first in Sunday's legislative election said they intended to govern...
Jul 9, 20243 min read
France's allies relieved by Le Pen loss but wonder what's next
LONDON/BRUSSELS - Many of France's allies breathed a sigh of relief after Marine Le Pen's far-right failed to win a snap election on...
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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