Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is launching her presidential campaign today. The National Rally candidate is due to deliver her first campaign speech in Orléans, addressing around 10,000 party members. Police were controlling traffic entering the city this morning, following…
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, “If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it’s…
From student protests across France over the weekend and presidential elections in Brazil pitting leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro to wildfires in Indonesia, FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the most striking…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and sight-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro faced off Friday in their second and final debate ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff election. The two candidates repeated their campaign proposals, focusing on the cost of living…
Meanwhile, France’s far-right National Rally is holding the second day of its party congress in Orléans, south of Paris. Marine Le Pen is expected to officially launch her presidential campaign in a speech later this afternoon, while Jordan Bardella is…
In Israel, the anti-Netanyahu movement is mobilising. Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday to protest against the Israeli government, just three days ahead of a general election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
With less than two weeks to go before the US midterm elections, former President Barack Obama has hit the campaign trail, rallying support for Democratic candidates in the key states of Michigan and Ohio. He criticised the Trump administration, blaming…
More Palestinian families have been displaced in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces continue operations in Hebron, following a deadly shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday. With elections scheduled for Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed…
At least 1,300 people were arrested on the sidelines of Saturday’s protests across France and at least 50 officers and three protesters were hurt, the interior ministry said Sunday. The arrests occurred as clashes broke out on the margins of largely…