Bayrou does not have a majority in parliament\’s lower house, the National Assembly – Copyright AFP Dimitar DILKOFFBaptiste PACE, Anna SMOLCHENKOFrances embattled Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday his government would request a vote of confidence on September 8, seeking parliamentary back
In a ceremony Friday in Iraq members of the Kurdish rebel group PKK destroyed their weapons – Copyright AFP Jack GUEZIonut IORDACHESCUSoutheast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand.In a slickly managed ceremony across th
The United Nations and Doctors Without Borders have warned of growing numbers of malnourished children – Copyright AFP Jam STA ROSAAid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza as a trio of European powers prepared to hold an emergency call Friday on the deepening
Judge Nicolas Guillou opens a court session on Kosovo in The Hague in November 2020 – Copyright AP/AFP/File Peter DejongShaun TANDONThe United States on Wednesday defiantly expanded efforts to hobble the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
The trade deal the EU struck to avoid steeper US tariffs was \’better than a trade war,\’ said the European Commission\’s lead official in the negotiations, Maros Sefcovic – Copyright POOL/AFP Christopher FurlongThe EUs top negotiator on Monday defended a trade agreement with the United States to avert
US envoy Tom Barrack is in Beirut less than two weeks after Lebanon\’s cabinet made a historic decision to disarm Hezbollah – Copyright UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP/File Handout, Sarah MeyssonnierUS envoy Tom Barrack on Monday called on Israel to honour commitments under a ceasefire that
US regulators approval of the deal for Skydance to buy Paramount Global comes after Paramount subsidiary CBS network announced an end date for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, who has mocked US President Donald Trump – Copyright AFP Daniel ROLANDUS regulators on Thursday approved an $8 billion de
Putting Microsoft\’s Xbox ROG Ally through the paces at the Gamescom fair in Cologne, Germany – Copyright AFP Ina FASSBENDERKilian FICHOU and Tom BARFIELDThe record launch in June for the Nintendo Switch 2, a game console that can be played at home or on the go, heralds a new portable race that Micro
Copyright AFP ANGELA WEISSLaura CHUNGA founding father of the Pacific climate movement on Thursday welcomed an international courts decision on global warming but said he fears for the future of his almost 30 grandchildren on low-lying Kiribati.Kiribati, a climate-threatened archipelago that is home
Germany\’s economy has struggled in recent years in the face of high production costs at home, increasingly fierce Chinese competition and growing global trade tensions fired by US President Donald Trump – Copyright AFP JULIEN DE ROSABeiyi SEOWPresident Donald Trump set out early in his second term t
Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, is the only former Epstein associate convicted in connection with his activities – Copyright AFP Richard BROOKS, Richard A. BrooksGhislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, asked a judge on Tuesday to reject a US Justice Department request to unseal the gr
Partial view of the Coca-Cola Company\’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on June 29, 2025 – Copyright AFP/File JUAN MABROMATABeverage giant Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its US production, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on social media.The company currently uses hi
Damascus deployed troops in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida, after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed scores of people – Copyright AFP Sam HARIRIThe Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an
Even a category as hot as robotics is not immune from macroeconomic trends. According to figures from automation advocacy group, A3, the North American robotics market declined in the first half of 2024, both in terms of sales and revenue.The number of industrial robotics ordered in H1 declined 7.5%
This was the fifth consecutive night of unrest – Copyright AFP OLIVER BUNICFresh clashes erupted late Saturday between protesters and riot police in Serbias capital Belgrade and other cities, on the fifth consecutive night of unrest.In the central city of Valjevo, where thousands had gathered to pro
