The French government defended on Thursday its plans to cut spending and raise taxes as it tries to thread the needle between jittery debt markets and public discontent over the rising cost of living. The 2027 budget bill — to be examined in a divided parliament in coming weeks — comes ahead of the April-May […]
Read MoreThe family of Renee Good, an unarmed US citizen shot dead by an immigration agent during a sweeping federal crackdown, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations. Good, 37, was killed in Minneapolis on January 7 when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fired three shots into […]
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US-sanctioned Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding bundles of cash smuggled out of his house in an ambulance, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, two days after the United States blacklisted […]
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Brazil’s electoral court has ordered the takedown of social media posts accusing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of planning to strip the country’s patron saint of her title if elected. Rumors, accusations and fierce denials about the fate of the saint have dominated the final stretch of campaigning before Sunday’s election, laying bare divisions between Catholics […]
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In die schwierigen Verhandlungen über ein UN-Abkommen zur Verringerung des weltweiten Plastikmülls ist nach Angaben des Verhandlungsvorsitzenden zuletzt Bewegung gekommen. Er halte eine Einigung bei der nächsten offiziellen Verhandlungsrunde im kommenden März für möglich, sagte der chilenische Diplomat Julio Cordano am Donnerstag der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Cordano hatte die Leitung der Verhandlungen im Februar übernommen. Das […]
Read MoreFormer supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge on Thursday to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after a panel accepted she had been the victim of deception. The Charity Commission watchdog had banned Campbell in 2024 after identifying “multiple instances of misconduct” at her charity, Fashion for Relief. The tribunal ruled on […]
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The apparent attack by the co-pilot on a flight to Israel, in which he stabbed his captain and tried to crash the plane, is a reminder that the cockpit is an extremely sensitive place in terms of aviation safety. What can be done to stop an airline pilot from deliberately crashing a plane? – What happened? – As […]
Read MoreThe Louvre Museum in Paris launched what is expected to be one of many new public fundraising appeals on Thursday, asking for money to renovate a popular inner courtyard. The bosses of the creaking former palace, which was targeted by thieves last year, are hoping to raise 800,000 euros ($900,000) to overhaul the Cour du […]
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