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Elections results show French voters have chosen to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal legislative elections

French voters rejected a far-right majority in favor of a surge on the left. The risk of political paralysis is high.

A recent article in The Economist made some rather ambiguous claims about baby boomers like me:

According to the cause list for July 8, a Bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is scheduled to hear a total of 38 petitions related to the exam

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Thousands of Bangladeshi university students threw roadblocks across key highways Sunday, demanding the end of "discriminatory" quotas for coveted government jobs, including reserving posts for children of liberation heroes. Students in almost all major universities took part, demanding a merit-based system for well-paid and massively over-subscribed civil service jobs. "It's a do-or-die situation for us," protest coordinator Nahidul Islam told AFP, during marches at Dhaka University. Читать дальше...

Singer Dan Reynolds talks about writing songs for the band's new album, 'Loom.' Rick Damigella reports.

Nigeria’s telecom sector experienced a 2.4 per cent decline in active voice subscriptions in the first quarter of 2024, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This decline comes as the Nigeria Communications Commission and the telcos continue to enforce the National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module linkage policy. The NBS report shows that

One of the men was reported missing last Wednesday. 

Biden’s hand was noticeably shaking during a campaign stop in Philly on Sunday!

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a community head in Osun State, Ige Babatunde, for alleged possession of cannabis plants. He was arrested by the NDLEA on Friday with fresh cannabis plants weighing five kilograms, according to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi. He said, “In Osun

(Photo credit: Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports) Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins each had three hits -- including a home run -- and three RBIs to help the visiting Milwaukee Brewers avoid a three-game sweep by the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 9-2 win on Sunday afternoon. Eric Haase also homered and scored twice for Milwaukee, which ended a three-game skid. Brewers starter Dallas Keuchel threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings in

A visitor to Death Valley National Park has died from heat exposure and another person has been hospitalized as the temperature there reached 128 degrees this weekend. Officials say the two visitors were part of a group of six motorcyclists…

Title No. 7 for U17 Team USA came with some high-flying images.

In this interview with GRACE EDEMA, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos chapter, Prof Kayode Adebayo, tells Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. Excerpts Has any committee been set up by ASUU to negotiate its demands with the Federal Government? ASUU has a

The Kaduna State Police Command has said it is in the hunt for the bandits who abducted two journalists: The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and his Blueprint Newspaper’s counterpart, AbdulRaheem Aodu, their wives as well as children on Saturday night. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, said the anti-kidnapping squad of the command had since

Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose.

Sometimes it rains.

That’s a baseball-inspired way of saying that — for the second summer in a row — NASCAR’s signature downtown Chicago race was all wet.

Look, many of us around these parts are still learning the ins and outs of communicating in stock-car terms. One slippery lap at a time, we’ll get there.

Oh, and sometimes you wake up naked on a bathroom floor. That’s what driver Alex Bowman predicted for himself Sunday night after... Читать дальше...

The Chicago Bears begin training camp on July 19th, meaning there are 12 days left. One big problem remains unsolved: Both of their top draft choices, Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze, still haven’t signed their rookie contracts. They won’t be able to participate in camp until that changes. People are wondering what the holdup could […]

“Project 2025” is nothing short of a 900-page blueprint for guiding Donald Trump’s second term of office if he’s reelected.

The Ogun State Police Command, on Sunday, said it had launched an investigation to track down the killer of a woman, Olubukola Adebajo, who was allegedly hacked to death by a yet-to-be-identified hoodlum in the Iwesi area of the Ijari community, in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 35-year-old

PARENTS have flocked to Asda to buy a bedroom essential for kids which is down from £18 to £9.

Nicki Minaj has cancelled a festival appearance in Romania over "safety concerns".

Miraka dairy farmers Annabel and Dean Donovan have donated 2,400 serves of dairy (600 litres) through Meat the Need & Feed Out for whanau and communities who need it most.

This came shortly after the Prime Minister's Office published earlier Israel's red lines in negotiations for a hostage deal.