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Paris mayor slams Macron's election call before Olympics
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee played down any direct impact on the event.The two-round parliamentary elections have been called for June 30 and July 7, with the Paris Olympics set to begin less than three weeks later on July 26.
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Swiss summit on Ukraine set to thrash out path to peace
World leaders from countries around the world will gather in Switzerland this weekend to try to work out a way towards a peace process for Ukraine -- albeit without Russia.Zelensky will then head to Switzerland, to be joined by G7 and other leaders for what has been billed as the first "Summit on Peace in Ukraine".
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Blinken back in Middle East to push Gaza ceasefire plan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was back in the Middle East on Monday to promote a Gaza truce and hostage release plan as Israeli bombardment again rocked the besieged Palestinian territory. A first phase would see an "immediate, full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and the "withdrawal of Israeli forces from the populated areas in Gaza".
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N. Korea sends more balloons as Kim's sister warns of 'new counteraction'
North Korea has sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, Seoul's military said Monday, after Kim Jong Un's powerful sister warned of further responses if the South keeps up its "psychological warfare".Kim's sister and key government spokeswoman Kim Yo Jong said in a statement released early Monday that South Korea would "suffer a bitter embarrassment of picking up waste paper without rest and it will be its daily work".
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Macron urges French to make 'right choice' in snap polls
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he was confident the French would make the "right choice" in snap elections he called after the far right beat his centrist alliance in EU elections."I am confident in the capacity of the French people to make the right choice for themselves and for future generations," Macron wrote on X. "My sole ambition is to be useful to our country that I love so much."
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Italy's far-right Giorgia Meloni emerges stronger from EU vote
Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, unofficial results showed Monday -- making her one of the few EU leaders to emerge stronger after the vote.Salvini had triumphed with 34 percent in European Parliament elections in 2019, but has since been eclipsed by Meloni, reaping only 9.12 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results Monday.
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Tunisian all-women's team eye inventors' prize for smart wheelchair
A smart wheelchair system built by a team of young Tunisian women engineers has reached the finals for a prestigious European inventors' prize, setting a hopeful precedent in a country embroiled in multiple crises.Rather, co-founder Khaoula Ben Ahmed, 28, is hopeful that reaching the finals in the Young Inventors competition will bring the team "visibility and credibility".
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