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Rudy Giuliani recovering after New Hampshire car crash

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who also served as an adviser and personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, is recovering after being injured in a car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday. Giuliani’s head of security and local authorities have confirmed that the 81-year-old is......

Lagarde sounds alarm over Trump controlling U.S. monetary policy

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Monday that if former U.S. President Donald Trump were to gain control over American monetary policy, it would pose “a very serious danger” to both the U.S. and global economies. Speaking on Radio Classique, Lagarde......

Norway selects UK frigates in €11.5 billion defense deal

Norway has chosen to purchase British-built Type 26 frigates in a deal worth around €11.5 billion, marking one of the country’s most significant defense contracts. The decision comes as a blow to France’s Naval Group, which was also competing to supply its own defense and intervention......

Xi and Putin criticize the West at Eurasian summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin launched strong attacks against the United States and the West on Monday during a high-level summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in Tianjin, China. The gathering brought together leaders from across Eurasia and......

Paris stock market closes week lower as nexity faces confidence vote

The Paris stock market closed the week lower as political uncertainty and stable U.S. inflation weighed on investor sentiment. On the last trading day of August, the CAC 40 slipped 0.76% to 7,703.90 points, while the SBF 120 fell 0.73% to 5,845.83 points. Investors were cautious as American inflation......

Leon XIV urges leaders to abandon arms and embrace peace

Vatican City – Pope Leon XIV on Sunday made a powerful appeal to the international community to put an end to what he described as the “pandemic of weapons,” lamenting the suffering of innocent children who are killed or injured every day in conflicts and acts of violence across the......

Hurricane Katrina: 20 years later, new orleans remembers

Commemorative ceremonies were held in New Orleans on Friday to honor one of the darkest chapters in recent U.S. history. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the southern United States, leaving unprecedented human and material devastation. The events, organized across the city, aimed both to......

Greta thunberg leads humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza

A large humanitarian flotilla, led in part by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, set sail from Barcelona on Sunday with the declared aim of challenging the blockade of Gaza. The initiative, called the Global Sumud Flotilla, is presented by its organizers as the “largest mission of solidarity......

China showcases alternative world order at Tianjin gathering

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin and other key Eurasian leaders on Sunday as China hosts a major summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The gathering, held in Tianjin, is being presented as a showcase of a new international order led by China, at......

French foreign minister visits Greenland amid geopolitical tensions

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on Saturday evening for a two-day diplomatic visit. His trip aims to reaffirm France’s solidarity with the people of Greenland, at a time when the Arctic territory has become the focus of renewed international......

EU urges Washington to reconsider Palestinian visa decision

The European Union called on Saturday for the United States to “reconsider” its refusal to grant visas to Palestinian officials planning to attend the UN General Assembly in New York this September. “We urgently request that this decision be reconsidered in light of international law,”......

Alarm over far-right extremists using drones for domestic attacks in the US

US authorities are raising concerns over the potential use of drones by far-right extremists in domestic attacks. Experts warn that both commercially available and home-built first-person view (FPV) drones could become key tools in an anticipated insurgency against the government. Analysts report that......

Utah high court halts firing squad execution of man with Dementia

The Utah Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the execution of Ralph Leroy Menzies, a 67-year-old man convicted of killing Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, after his attorneys argued that he suffers from severe dementia. Menzies had been scheduled to face a firing squad on September 5, a method he chose......

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