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Violence breaks out in France as left-wing coalition leads snap election

French election night turned turbulent as results showed a left-wing coalition poised to claim the majority of parliamentary seats

French voters deliver political deadlock as left falls short of majority

The awkward leftist alliance, which the hard left, Greens and Socialists hastily put together before the vote, was far from having an absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat assembly

Sister of Kim Jong calls S Korea's live-fire drills 'suicidal hysteria'

She accused South Korea's conservative government of deliberately escalating tensions as a way to escape a domestic political crisis

US elections: More Democrats want Prez Biden to step aside as WH nominee

The fallout from Biden's June 27 showing against Trump continues to reverberate

2024 may be world's hottest year ever as June breaks records, says EU

Data suggest 2024 could outrank 2023 as the hottest year since records began after human-caused climate change and the El Nino natural weather phenomenon both pushed temperatures to record high

Senator Bernie Sanders sets conditions for supporting Biden in elections

Sanders is considered as the leader of the powerful progressive movement in the country, which now has a sizable control over the ruling Democratic party

Israeli protesters block highways, call for ceasefire to return hostages

Near the border with Gaza, Israeli protestors released 1,500 black and yellow balloons to symbolise those fellow citizens who were killed and abducted

Argentine Prez Milei heads to far-right convention in Brazil, snubs Lula

Libertarian leader was in Brazil on Sunday, preparing to headline the country's version of CPAC, the conservative political action conference, alongside former President Javier Bolsonaro

Hurricane Beryl: Texas coastal region likely to have power outages, floods

Much of Texas' shoreline was under a hurricane warning and officials in several coastal counties urged tourists along the beach for the Fourth of the July holiday to leave

French PM Attal resigns as leftist coalition defeats Macron's ruling party

The election results marked a significant shift in French politics, with the National Rally, led by Jordan Bardella, claiming substantial gains

New UK PM Starmer seeks to improve on 'botched' trade deal with EU

During a visit to Edinburgh, that he billed as an immediate reset with the regional governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

Biden addresses Black church service as calls grow for him to step aside

Appearance followed Biden joining a Saturday call with campaign surrogates, and reiterating that he has no plans to step aside

As EV revolution slows down, automobile major Ferrari enters the race

A lot is riding on Ferrari's 200-million-euro "e-building," which went into operation last month and is nearly twice the size of Rome's Colosseum

Vulnerable Pakistan withers under deadly heat and fears the coming rains

Karachi endured days of temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius, made worse by power cuts and high humidity

France's business elite braces for new era of political volatility

Far right and left-wing parties want to roll back some of Macron's reforms, ranging from raising the retirement age to scrapping a wealth tax on financial assets

Greenko Group gets $743 million credit line to refinance dollar bonds

The clean energy company, backed by Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund, will draw on the newly sanctioned credit line to refinance two sets of dollar bonds maturing in January and July 2025

US heatwave expected to shatter all records as it bakes West, East

We're expecting a few dozen of them, on the order of 30, to tie or break their daily high temperature record in the West and Pacific Northwest, Jackson said

French turn out in force for parliamentary election, far right seeks power

In the outgoing parliament, French President Macron's alliance had only 250 seats and he required support from other parties to pass laws

US elections: Black Democrats rally behind Biden and talk up Kamala Harris

Harris's appearance at the largest annual celebration of Black culture underscores what a difficult task it is for the White House and campaign to navigate questions about the president's aptitude

Israeli interest rate cuts off table as war complicates next move

Alongside its decision on Monday, the central bank will publish fresh economic forecasts and could revise an outlook from April that showed the key rate at 3.75% in the first quarter of 2025