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Macron loses absolute majority as opposition surges, a blow for new term
Jun 20, 2022 11:13With all votes counted, Mr. Macron’s centrist coalition won 245 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of Parliament.
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Millions of tonnes of dead animals: The growing scandal of fish waste
May 11, 2022 13:25Dumped at sea, lost on land or left to rot in shops and fridges, the global catch of fish is being wasted like never before – hurting not only the oceans but the nutrition of billions of people. Can it be reversed?
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World mum on Saudi-UAE war crimes in Yemen
Jan 21, 2022 15:18Perhaps, peace in the UN jargon means the conquest of Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the UAE with their unending supply of state-of-the-art weapons from the US, Britain, and France; coupled with the total subjugation of the poor people of Yemen as the slaves of the West and even of the illegal Zionist entity.
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Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman
Dec 05, 2021 10:42Human rights groups have criticized French President, Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Saturday (Dec. 04), which marked the first one-on-one public meeting of a major western leader with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia since the state-sponsored assassination of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Brexit: British cabinet minister ‘confident’ article 16 will not be triggered
Nov 23, 2021 17:54The French president, Emmanuel Macron, criticized the European Commission for failing to defend the interests of its fishers operating in UK coastal waters, while his maritime minister said Paris would “fight” for their rights.
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US and its allies are fueling worldwide erosion of democracy, analysis shows
Nov 20, 2021 07:36Recent internal attacks on democracy and human rights by the United States and many of its allies—which often portray themselves as exporters of such ideals—are driving an overall erosion of democracy worldwide, according to a new analysis.
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France and UK told: End dispute or you’ll wreck Cop26 summit
Nov 01, 2021 16:08Leading scientists and environmentalists called on British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and French President, Emmanuel Macron to declare an immediate ceasefire in a bitter Anglo-French row over fishing rights on Saturday (Oct. 30, 2021) as fears grew that the UK’s arguments with its EU neighbours could overshadow the crucial Cop26 summit on climate change.
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'Bombshell': Total knew about climate threat from fossil fuels for decades, but denied it
Oct 25, 2021 15:43The dire consequences of climate change we are now experiencing could have been avoided if Total executives 50 years ago had decided that the future of the planet is more important than their profits.
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Macron’s Islamophobia policies open up old wounds
Oct 15, 2021 10:08Even today, Muslims in France, despite numbering over six million, are subjected to negative media scrutiny, with state institutions right up to the president’s office being used to target Islam.
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What AUKUS means for the world?
Oct 06, 2021 18:06At the center of AUKUS are technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), quantum and cyber. The US, the UK and Australia want to use these technologies to build a new kind of footprint in the Indo-Pacific.