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Thousands rally against racism in Paris suburb to defend mayor
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (373+ words) Several thousand people marched through the streets of Paris' largest suburb on Saturday to denounce racism after the town's newly elected black mayor was subject to disparaging comments on social media and national television shows. Bally Bagayoko, 52, of the hard-left…...
French central bank nets €13bn by pulling gold out of US reserves
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (428+ words) France's central bank has sold off the last of the gold it held in the United States Federal Reserve and replaced it with higher quality bars in Paris, taking advantage of rising prices to make nearly "13 billion as it upgrades…...
China Earns Higher Global Approval Rating than U.S. In Biggest Gap In Decades: Gallup Poll
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (303+ words) A new report suggests the global image battle between Washington and Beijing has taken a notable turn as China earns the highest global approval rating over the United States in over two decades. In a poll conducted by Gallup across…...
Macron Pushes Diplomacy With Iran as First French Ship Passes Through Strait of Hormuz
1+ day, 45+ min ago (200+ words) French President Emmanuel Macron sharpened France's split with the U.S.-Israeli military approach to Iran on Friday, using a summit in Seoul to argue that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened through diplomacy, not force, as the first French-owned ship…...
Manifattura Tabacchi: 'I bought in Florence's mini-Kings Cross factory conversion — here's what it's like"
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (850+ words) Industrial space and how to adapt it for modern day use, is, he says, very much in his DNA. So when he heard about Manifattura Tabacchi, the visionary regeneration of a former tobacco factory a 30-minute stroll beside the River…...
Marmalade may need to be relabelled as part of post-Brexit deal with EU
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (562+ words) Marmalade may need to be relabelled if a post-Brexit food deal is a agreed with the European Union as part of the government's attempt to slash red tape and reduce trade friction with the bloc. The spread will need to…...
The $1.5 trillion olive branch: Trump proposes history’s costliest peace
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (335+ words) TOI Correspondent from Washington: The "Peace President" has just submitted the most expensive war bill in the history of the United States. The Trump White House on Friday formally requested the US Congress to approve a staggering $1.5 trillion for defence…...
Fighter jets scrambled over Poland after Russian drone attacks on Ukraine
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (151+ words) Fighter jets scrambled over Poland after Russian drone attacks on Ukraine'inkl Fighter jets scrambled over Poland after Russian drone attacks on Ukraine - Poland has scrambled fighter jets and activated ground-based air defence systems to maximum readiness due to ongoing Russian…...
Swedish coastguard boards tanker believed to have caused oil spill in Baltic Sea
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (318+ words) Sweden's coastguard said it boarded a vessel subjected to EU sanctions on Friday, suspecting it of an environmental crime after an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. The Flora 1 tanker vessel was boarded after an oil spill stretching 12 kilometres was…...
German artist sentenced to prison by Russian court for carnival display mocking Putin
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (218+ words) A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia to more than 8 years in prison by a Moscow court on Thursday. Jacques Tilly was convicted on charges of spreading false information about the…...