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A festivalgoer (L) gives her proxy for the second round of France's legislative elections at a dedicated counter to assist festival-goers establish a voting proxy at a national gendarmerie office set up at the festival campsite during the 34rd edition of the Eurockeennes de Belfort rock music festival in Sermamagny, eastern France on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)

France braces for crunch election

France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to give the far right its biggest-ever presence
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US played support role in Ukraine talks

WASHINGTON rarely shies away from seeking to wield its heft in a world crisis, but in the tense negotiations for a Ukraine ceasefire it has played a curiously behind-the-scenes role. While US
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Greek reporters struggle to cover unpopular IMF

IT’S another “troika” bound up in Greece’s debt drama, with their own set of torments. The three Greek reporters assigned to the International Monetary Fund in Washington are supposed to cover dispassionately
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US ‘at risk of mega-drought future’

THE American Southwest and Central Plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years. Places like California are already facing very
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