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French court convicts National Rally chief Le Pen of EU fund misuse, raising 2027 election ban threat

Marine Le Pen and other RN workers were accused of misusing EU funds for party staff. They denied wrongdoing, arguing the money was used legitimately and the charges were too narrow.

Canadian PM Mark Carney calls for snap election on 28 April, moves to dissolve Parliament

The move comes less than two weeks after Carney took office, succeeding former Canada PM Justin Trudeau.

Amid churn by Trump, Macron offers France nuclear umbrella to Europe citing Russian threat

The French president’s address comes a day before an emergency European Council summit in Brussels where leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine & defence of the continent.

‘Elon Musk a threat to democracies,’ France PM Bayrou rebukes Tesla chief

Bayrou's comments on Musk come a week after he warned that France and Europe would have to stand up to Trump and his policies, or risk being 'dominated...crushed...marginalised.'

Former French far-right leader, founder of National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96

Le Pen shocked the world by reaching the 2002 presidential run-off, losing in a landslide to Jacques Chirac as voters rejected bringing the far right to power since the 1940s.

Frenchman Pelicot gets 20 yrs in jail for orchestrating mass rape of wife. How landmark case unfolded

France’s most shocking sexual assault case concludes with sentencing of Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband & 50 other men. The case has sparked calls for rape law changes in the country.

French govt falls after PM Michel Barnier is ousted by no-confidence vote. What this means for France

Out of 577 members in the National Assembly, 331 voted in favour of the no-confidence motion following Barnier’s attempt to pass the budget without a vote in Parliament.

French PM Michel Barnier loses no-confidence motion within 3 months of taking office

The Far-Right and Left backed the motion against Barnier, with over 331 votes in favour of the government's fall.

French PM Michel Barnier’s govt faces no-confidence motion

Barnier Tuesday said he still believed his government could survive the vote, which will be France’s first to be forced out by no-confidence vote in more than 60 years.

Mass rape victim Gisele Pelicot slams cowardice of accused abusers, France’s patriarchal society

The 71-year-old’s husband has admitted to drugging and raping her, while also inviting 50 others to their house to rape her when she was unconscious.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.