NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez‘s sister came to her brother’s defense Monday, testifying at the start of the defense presentation at his bribery trial that she wasn’t surprised to learn that the Democrat stored cash at home because “it’s a Cuban thing.” Caridad Gonzalez, 80, was called by Menendez’s lawyers to support their […]
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The RN was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote, exit polls from Ipsos, […]
Polling booths opened on Sunday morning for the first round of elections to France’s National Assembly, with President Emmanuel Macron seeking to increase the relative majority currently held in the lower house by his centrist movement. Some 49.3 million people are eligible to vote. Voting in a number of overseas territories has already started. Macron […]
Voters across mainland France began casting their ballots on Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will conclude on July 7, could affect European financial markets, […]
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -French voters began voting on Sunday in the first round of a snap parliamentary election that could usher in the country’s first far-right government since World War Two, a potential sea change at the heart of the European Union. President Emmanuel Macron stunned the country when he called the vote […]
Humanitarian workers have started moving tonnes of aid that had been piled up at a US-built pier off the Gaza coast to warehouses in the besieged territory, the United Nations said. The move is an important step as the US considers whether to resume pier operations after yet another pause due to heavy seas. It […]
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House voted Friday to strip President Joe Biden’s homeland security secretary and secretary of state of their salaries. It approved measures banning military installations from having drag queen story hours for children. And it passed legislation prohibiting paid leave for Pentagon employees who get an abortion. The provisions were included in […]
PARIS (AP) — With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election in which the centrist government of President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. […]
Candidates standing in the snap French legislative election called by President Emmanuel Macron were making their last campaign pushes ahead of the first round of voting on Sunday. It is a pivotal and polarising poll in which Mr Macron’s centrist government risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. With […]
PARIS (AP) — With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election in which the centrist government of French President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far […]
Early voting starts Friday in Minnesota’s primary elections for U.S. Senate, eight U.S. representative seats, and seats in the state’s House of Representatives and state Secretary of State Steve Simon expects an “intense election year.” While the primary election is Aug. 13, voters can cast ballots in the 46 days leading up to the primary […]
Clean-up crews and business owners are inspecting the damage after sudden storms lashed south-western Switzerland the previous night, sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva’s airport. In the lakeside town of Morges, a creek overflowed, inundating downtown streets with floodwater. Civic leaders said no-one was injured but that water […]