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A former US lawmaker who was Donald Trump’s first pick to run the Justice Department paid for sex numerous times, including with an underage girl, according to a congressional report released Monday. Matt Gaetz also regularly used cocaine and ecstasy, and bought marijuana from his Capitol Hill office, according to the 37-page document, the culmination of […]
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that “some progress” had been made in negotiations to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. His comments in parliament come two days after three Palestinian militant groups said in a rare joint statement that a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza war and to […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis. Macron named former prime minister Elisabeth Borne education minister in a new cabinet under centrist Bayrou, the presidency said. Another former […]
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US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump, who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term. “These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than […]
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Saudi Arabia had previously requested extradition for the Saudi suspect in Germany’s deadly Christmas market attack, a source close to the government told AFP on Monday. “There was (an extradition) request,” said the source, without giving the reason for the request, adding that Riyadh had warned he “could be dangerous”. The attack on Friday evening […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron faced a fiery confrontation with locals in Mayotte during a visit to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Chido, which devastated the island last week. Tensions flared as Macron, who arrived to offer support, found himself heckled by residents who were furious at the French government’s response to the disaster. In […]
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Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas, who has not cast a vote in the U.S. House since July, has been living in a senior care facility due to “dementia issues,” her family revealed. Granger, 81, has represented Texas’s 12th district since 1997, but her prolonged absence from Congress went unnoticed until a local reporter uncovered […]
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After suffering a stroke on May 4, Althia Bryden, 58, from London, woke up speaking with an unexpected accent. The day after surgery, while in intensive care, she suddenly began speaking, but her voice had changed. “They asked if I had an Italian accent before the stroke,” she recalls, though she’s never spoken Italian. Now, […]
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The 2024 Sustainable Competitiveness Report, published by the consulting firm SolAbility, ranks Morocco 104th globally with a score of 41.23 points, leading the Maghreb countries in this index. Tunisia follows in second place within the Maghreb, ranking 114th globally with a score of 40.61 points, followed by Algeria in 149th place with 38.05 points. Mauritania […]
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Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday said weapons in the country, including those held by Kurdish-led forces, would come under state control. Sharaa spoke alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, after earlier meeting with Lebanese Druze leaders and vowing to end “negative interference” in the […]
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