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France: Macron’s alliance leads legislative elections
Paris: President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is leading the French legislative elections without winning the absolute majority in the new National Assembly, French news channel BFMTV reported on Sunday.
According to estimations by…
France to vote in crucial National Assembly election
Paris: French electors will vote on Sunday to elect members of the country's National Assembly with President Emmanuel Macron facing a tough challenge from the Far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, BBC reported.
Macron, who had once again won the…
Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt resigns
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ethics adviser has quit a day after saying there was a "legitimate question" about whether Boris Johnson broke ministerial rules over PartyGate, BBC reported on Thursday.
Lord Christpher Geidt said that…
Macron coalition outstrips rival leftists in French legislative race
Paris: The Ensemble coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron has outpaced the rival New Popular Environmentalist and Social Union (Nupes) of Jean-Luc Melenchon by a slim margin.
Ensemble was polling at 24.54 per cent after 64 per cent of…
Four European Union countries call for use of Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
Brussels: Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Estonia will call on Tuesday for the confiscation of Russian assets frozen by the European Union to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, a joint letter written by the four showed on Monday.…
NATO sees Russia’s war faltering, mulls expanding alliance
BERLIN: A senior NATO official says Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war. Top NATO diplomats are meeting Sunday in Berlin to discuss providing further support to Ukraine and…
Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations
HELSINKI: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart Saturday that relations between the two neighbours could be "negatively affected" if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership.
The Kremlin's press…
Macron proposes new political union for non-EU countries
France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organisation to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc.
During a…
Zelenskyy calls on German chancellor Scholz to visit Ukraine on May 9
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to take a “powerful step” and visit Kyiv on May 9, the date when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War Two. He offered the invitation to…
As Victory day looms in Russia, guesswork grows over Putin’s Ukraine goals
With the Russian military still struggling, Western officials and Ukraine’s traumatized residents are looking with increased alarm to Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9 — a celebration of the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — that President…
Russia fights for control of Ukraine’s Mariupol stronghold
Russian forces battled on Wednesday for control of the last stronghold in Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said, and the European Union proposed tough new sanctions against Moscow including a phased oil embargo.
Mariupol…
PM discusses Ukraine with Nordic leaders, meets Macron in Paris
Underlining the “shared values of freedom and democracy and rules-based order” with Nordic countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the situation in Ukraine with the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland at the…
UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda stokes anger and dread
Nearly every day, Kamal Mohamad calls home to his parents in Iraq from the converted military barracks on the outskirts of Folkestone, a coastal town in Kent, southeastern England, where he is awaiting a decision on his asylum claim.
“My dad…
Macron and Le Pen to fight for presidency, close contest in round 1
Paris, April 11: French President Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French election held on Sunday, the BBC reported on Monday. He will be facing off with far-right rival Marine Le Pen for the presidency for a second time. While Macron…
President Putin determined to achieve his objective in Ukraine’
Paris/Berlin, March 12 (UNI) Russian president Vladimir Putin is "determined" to achieve his objective in Ukraine, said an Elysee source on Saturday after Saturday afternoon phone call among French President Emmanuel Macron,
German…
European Council likely to admit Ukraine into its fold
EU countries offered over $500mn aid for Ukraine to meet 'war expenses'
UK to ease visa requirements for Ukraine refugees
Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy says, no longer interested in NATO membership
German Green party ministries oppose longer life-span of nuclear plants
Berlin, March 8 (UNI/Xinhua) Two German ministries led by Green Party politicians, Robert Habeck and Steffi Lemke, on Tuesday spoke out against extending the operating times of the country's remaining nuclear power plants, despite possible energy…
Israeli PM Bennett meets Putin in Moscow
New Delhi, March 5 (UNI) Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Saturday met Russian President Vladimir Putin at Kremlin to discuss the ongoing crisis in the region, Russian media outlets reported. This was an unannounced visit by the Israeli…
Ukraine: ‘Russia not allowing to douse fire at nuke plant’
Kyiv, March 4 (UNI) Ukrainian emergency services on Friday said the Russian troops have not allowing them to extinguish the fire at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. "The occupiers are not allow the SES units (Ukrainian public rescue teams) to…