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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: France

Atleast 180 French candidates bow out of second round of elections in bid to block far-right

Pollsters calculated the first round put the RN on track for anything between 250-300 seats

France gears up to cast votes in parliamentary elections, may usher in 1st far-right govt

Opinion polls suggest Marine La-Pen's Eurosceptic, anti-immigration party, National Rally (RN) has comfortable lead of 33-36% of popular vote.

NATO has a new chief, failed ‘coup’ in Bolivia & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

Armed Forces Medical Service officers bag 32 medals at World Medical and Health Games

Lt Col Sanjeev Malik, Maj Anish George, Capt Stephen Sebastian, and Capt Dania James won 19 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 4 bronze medals.

French snap elections could reshuffle the cards between president and prime minister

The decision by French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve parliament following the far-right’s historic surge in the European elections has thrown the country’s politics into disarray.

Political turmoil in France won’t affect Paris Olympics Games, says IOC head

President Macron called a snap election after the far-right National trounced his own party in Sunday's European Parliament vote.

Snap polls in France, shock defeat in Germany as Far Right surges in European elections

Results project gain in seats for Centre-Right parties across Europe, while Centre-Left holds. The projected results indicate a crushing defeat for green parties and European liberals.

French Prez Emmanuel Macron calls for snap elections after exit polls predict defeat in EU vote

Macron has dissolved the country's parliament and the National Assembly. According to the French president, there will be two rounds: the first on 30 June and the second on 7 July.

Muslim schools caught up in France’s fight against Islamism

Local offices of the national government have closed at least five Muslim schools since Macron came to power in 2017, according to a Reuters tally.

As Navy starts cost negotiations for Rafale M, India could learn from France

French team will include officials from defence ministry & industry including original equipment manufacturers Dassault Aviation and Thales for negotiation Thursday.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.