Trump Jr. touches down in Greenland amid US speculation of a territorial grab
US President-elect Donald Trump's eldest son landed in Greenland Tuesday for a private visit as speculation mounted that the incoming US administration could seek to take over the Danish territory.
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US President-elect Donald Trump's eldest son landed in Greenland Tuesday for a private visit as speculation mounted that the incoming US administration could seek to take over the Danish territory.
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‘Thunderclap’: The day Jean-Marie Le Pen staged the biggest upset in French election history
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a political outcast on April 21, 2002, when he stormed into the second round of France’s presidential election, confounding pollsters’ predictions and knocking out the Socialist frontrunner in a political earthquake that would forever change French politics.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a political outcast on April 21, 2002, when he stormed into the second round of France’s presidential election, confounding pollsters’ predictions and knocking out the Socialist frontrunner in a political earthquake that would forever change French politics.
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Live: Macron office says ‘history will judge’ Jean-Marie Le Pen as far-right firebrand dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former paratrooper and rabble-rousing politician who co-founded France’s National Front and pushed the far right into the limelight, died on Tuesday aged 96. Follow our live blog for reactions to the death of a polarising figure in French politics, who was convicted on numerous occasions of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former paratrooper and rabble-rousing politician who co-founded France’s National Front and pushed the far right into the limelight, died on Tuesday aged 96. Follow our live blog for reactions to the death of a polarising figure in French politics, who was convicted on numerous occasions of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence.
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Cartoonists commemorate the Charlie Hebdo attacks, 10 years on
On January 7, 2015, gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and assassinated 12 people in an attack that shook France to its core and sparked a global outcry about press freedom. Ten years after the assault that coined the phrase "Je suis Charlie", the fight for secularism continues. A look back at the tragedy through cartoons, with a selection from Cartooning for Peace.
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On January 7, 2015, gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and assassinated 12 people in an attack that shook France to its core and sparked a global outcry about press freedom. Ten years after the assault that coined the phrase "Je suis Charlie", the fight for secularism continues. A look back at the tragedy through cartoons, with a selection from Cartooning for Peace.
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Lebanon PM announces first visit to Syria since Assad's ouster
Lebanon's Prime Minister Ziad Makary will visit Damascus "soon", the information minister announced Tuesday, in the first such visit by the country's leadership since Islamist-led rebels seized power in Syria last month.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Ziad Makary will visit Damascus "soon", the information minister announced Tuesday, in the first such visit by the country's leadership since Islamist-led rebels seized power in Syria last month.
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Social media giant Meta culls US fact-checks ahead of Trump term
Social media behemoth Meta on Tuesday eviscerated its content moderation policies, including culling its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that aligns with the flagship policies of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Social media behemoth Meta on Tuesday eviscerated its content moderation policies, including culling its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that aligns with the flagship policies of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Didier Deschamps to step down as France coach after 2026 World Cup
Didier Deschamps, the France coach since 2012, will step down from the job when his contract expires after the 2026 World Cup, the French Football Federation said Tuesday.
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Didier Deschamps, the France coach since 2012, will step down from the job when his contract expires after the 2026 World Cup, the French Football Federation said Tuesday.
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'Collective courage’ key to protecting freedom of speech, cartoonist tells FRANCE 24
On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, FRANCE 24 spoke to cartoonist and chair of the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation Patrick Chappette about the power of cartoons.
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On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, FRANCE 24 spoke to cartoonist and chair of the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation Patrick Chappette about the power of cartoons.
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From colonial fighter to far-right leader: Jean-Marie Le Pen’s life in pictures
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a convicted Holocaust denier and perennial outcast of French politics. But the party he founded half a century ago ultimately succeeded in pushing many of his extremist ideas into the political mainstream.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a convicted Holocaust denier and perennial outcast of French politics. But the party he founded half a century ago ultimately succeeded in pushing many of his extremist ideas into the political mainstream.
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California wildfire threatens Los Angeles suburb, sparks evacuations
A wildfire burned about 200 acres (80 hectares) and threatened homes in an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations after officials warned of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful winds.
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A wildfire burned about 200 acres (80 hectares) and threatened homes in an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations after officials warned of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful winds.
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Trump will not rule out using military force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
US President-elect Donald Trump is refusing to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to American national security.
Speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, Trump explicitly declined to give assurances against using military or economic coercion when questioned about his plans regarding Panama and Greenland.
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US President-elect Donald Trump is refusing to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to American national security.
Speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, Trump explicitly declined to give assurances against using military or economic coercion when questioned about his plans regarding Panama and Greenland.
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Two Americans, five other 'mercenaries' detained in Venezuela
Hours after US President Joe Biden welcomed exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia in the US, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said seven foreigners, including two Americans, had been arrested for planning unspecified "terrorist acts" days prior to Maduro's inauguration into a third presidential term.
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Hours after US President Joe Biden welcomed exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia in the US, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said seven foreigners, including two Americans, had been arrested for planning unspecified "terrorist acts" days prior to Maduro's inauguration into a third presidential term.
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Seven years of torture by Assad’s executioners: ‘I will never forgive them’
Accused of belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas, which was then Bashar Al-Assad’s bête noire, Mohamar Ouda was arrested by the Syrian army in Yarmouk in 2015. He spent seven years in prison, where his executioners inflicted all kinds of torture on him that still haunt him day and night.
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Accused of belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas, which was then Bashar Al-Assad’s bête noire, Mohamar Ouda was arrested by the Syrian army in Yarmouk in 2015. He spent seven years in prison, where his executioners inflicted all kinds of torture on him that still haunt him day and night.
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South Korea's impeached president Yoon faces new arrest warrant
Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside his house in Seoul on Wednesday as Yoon continued to resist authorities' efforts to arrest him. The Constitutional Court has slated January 14 for the start of Yoon’s impeachment trial stemming from his bungled December 3 martial law decree.
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Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside his house in Seoul on Wednesday as Yoon continued to resist authorities' efforts to arrest him. The Constitutional Court has slated January 14 for the start of Yoon’s impeachment trial stemming from his bungled December 3 martial law decree.
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Iran slams Macron's ‘deceitful’ remarks on its role as a regional security threat
Iran' foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's claim that Iran posed the main security threat in the Middle East. Macron on Monday said Iran was accelerating its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making a nuclear bomb.
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Iran' foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's claim that Iran posed the main security threat in the Middle East. Macron on Monday said Iran was accelerating its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making a nuclear bomb.
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France warns Trump against threatening EU ‘sovereign borders’ after Greenland comments
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening the EU's "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening the EU's "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark.
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Ukrainian drones attack oil depot in Russia used by Moscow's air force
The Ukrainian military on Wednesday said that its forces had hit a Russian oil depot located hundreds of kilometres inside Russia. Kyiv has said it aims to erode Russian energy revenues that are used to fund the war in Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian military on Wednesday said that its forces had hit a Russian oil depot located hundreds of kilometres inside Russia. Kyiv has said it aims to erode Russian energy revenues that are used to fund the war in Ukraine.
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Journalist Cecilia Sala en route to Italy after release from Tehran prison
A plane carrying journalist Cecilia Sala has left Tehran and will soon arrive back in Italy, Italian authorities announced on Wednesday. Sala had been held in the Iranian capital's notorious Evin prison since she was arrested on December 19.
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A plane carrying journalist Cecilia Sala has left Tehran and will soon arrive back in Italy, Italian authorities announced on Wednesday. Sala had been held in the Iranian capital's notorious Evin prison since she was arrested on December 19.
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Death of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen's sparks celebrations – and controversy
Senior French officials on Wednesday slammed the “shameful” street celebrations that erupted in several cities following the death of far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.
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Senior French officials on Wednesday slammed the “shameful” street celebrations that erupted in several cities following the death of far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.
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Red Cross pleads for unhindered aid access as weather exacerbates 'unbearable conditions' in Gaza
Falling temperatures and heavy rains have ravaged shelters in Gaza, leaving thousands without basic necessities or shelter, said the Red Cross on Wednesday. Citing the deaths of eight newborn babies due to exposure, the Red Cross once again called for unimpeded aid access to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
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Falling temperatures and heavy rains have ravaged shelters in Gaza, leaving thousands without basic necessities or shelter, said the Red Cross on Wednesday. Citing the deaths of eight newborn babies due to exposure, the Red Cross once again called for unimpeded aid access to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
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