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by Céline Le Prioux Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Freshly elected French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are the new power couple leading the charge against anti-European populists and trying to put the struggling European Union back on track, analysts say. French legislative elections in June could endorse Macron’s message of change, giving him a real power base, while the long-serving Merkel faces polls in September that she is expected to […]
Washington, UNITED STATES (AFP) — Microsoft warned governments Sunday against storing computer vulnerabilities like the leaked one at the heart of the cyberattack that has crippled computers in more than 150 countries. “The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake up call,” Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, wrote in a blog post about what is being called the largest ransomware attack ever. He warned of the danger of exploits […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron has named little-known parliamentarian Edouard Philippe from the rightwing Republicans party as his first prime minister, his office announced Monday. The choice of Philippe, a 46-year-old from the northern port city of Le Havre, will be seen as an attempt by Macron to attract other moderates to his new centrist Republique En Marche party (Republic on the Move, REM).
PARIS, France (Reuters) — New French President Emmanuel Macron went for a walkabout outside Paris town hall on Sunday (May 14) to greet well-wishers in the last stop of a busy inauguration day. He was welcomed by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and pledged to nurture success across the French territory during his five-year term in front of an audience of Parisians. Macron took power as president of France on Sunday morning, vowing to restore the […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Friday detained 57 people in an operation that is part of an investigation into the failed July 15 coup, state media said. The 57 were detained in six different provinces, with over 100 arrest warrants issued, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Efforts to detain the remaining suspects are in progress, it added. The suspects are believed to have links to the group of Fethullah Gulen, the United States-based preacher Ankara accuses […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) – Two thoroughbreds pulling a Roman style chariot just lost out to a top racing driver in an unusual duel Thursday on the same piste used for the chariot race in the “Ben Hur” remake. Fabio Barone finally drove his “prancing horse” Ferrari to victory by a handful of seconds to see off the thoroughbreds at the course just south of Rome. The venue was the setting for much of last […]
(Agence France Presse) — Three suspects in last month’s bombing in the Saint Petersburg metro have been charged for their involvement in a “terrorist act,” Russian investigators said Thursday. Russia’s Investigative Committee said suspects Bakhram Ergashev, Ibragimzhon Ermatov and Makhamadyusuf Mirzaalimov have also been charged for possession of illegally used explosives. Seven other suspects in the April 3 attack, which killed 15 people, will be charged in the near future, the committee said. The Imam Shamil […]
These kids in Bonn, Germany hand out copies of the PASUGO or God’s Message magazines, as well as pamphlets of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) during the Europe Day observance on May 6, 2017. The kids even managed to get the attention of this man on stilts and wearing a costume in Bonn, and were not overwhelmed at all by the height difference. (Photo by Gemma Tropel, Eagle News Service, Germany)
(Agence France Presse) — A man arrested near the British parliament last month was involved in bomb-making in Afghanistan in 2012, it was alleged Wednesday as he appeared in court on terrorism charges. Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, was arrested not far from Prime Minister Theresa May’s office on April 27, in possession of three knives, London’s Westminster Magistrates Court heard. He is charged with preparing terrorist acts relating to that incident, and faces two […]
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja were joined by royals from across Europe for their joint 80th birthday dinner at the royal palace in Oslo on Tuesday (May 9) evening. The official celebration kicked off in the afternoon with a drill show by the King’s guards and the public was also invited to the Palace Square to sing for the royal couple. The king’s birthday was on February 21 and Queen […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his French election victory during a call on Monday, the White House said. He spoke with “the French president-elect to congratulate him on his victory,” White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said. The Republican president had tweeted his congratulations to the 39-year-old centrist Macron on Sunday, saying he looked forward to working with him.
https://youtu.be/HFT2bR1XUUQ The 39-year-old centrist Emmanuel Macron has become France’s youngest president. Founder of the independent ‘On the Move’ movement, has shaken up France’s traditional political divide. He’s won over fellow centrist Francois Bayrou, a leading ecologist, some of Chirac’s ex-ministers and several socialist party heavyweights, including former prime minister Manuel Valls. Macron had never held elected office prior to the election. He was working as an investment banker when he was hired in 2012 […]
