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- Marine Le Pen’s chances of an electoral earthquake in France are gaining momentum as Macron loses his bearings
France goes to the polls in 2022, and such is President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopularity that the prospect of a Le Pen victory is being seriously considered, to the extent a risk assessment has been produced by a leading think tank.Apr 21, 2021 19:18 - French president planning to remove Covid travel restrictions as early as start of MayPresident Emmanuel Macron is preparing to ease existing lockdown restrictions, imposed after France was hit by a third wave of coronavirus, by the start of May if, as health officials expect, cases begin falling.Apr 21, 2021 14:51World News
- As chemical weapons watchdog’s credibility crumbles, OPCW member states strip Syria’s voting rightsSyria has been stripped of most of its rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog for alleged breaches. The OPCW stands accused of suppressing facts reported by its own inspectors in Syria for political purposes.Apr 21, 2021 14:22World News
- France becomes 1st EU state to trial Covid vaccine certificate for all of EuropeFrance has become the first country in Europe to embrace a “digital coronavirus travel certificate” system – a controversial electronic vaccine passport similar to those that have surfaced in Israel and parts of the US.Apr 20, 2021 20:04World News
- Pakistan’s parliament to vote on whether to expel French ambassador after violent anti-blasphemy protests by hardlinersPakistan’s parliament will consider whether the French envoy should be expelled after increasing pressure and violent protests from the hardline, now-banned Islamic political group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).Apr 20, 2021 11:28World News
- France ‘enabled’ the 1994 genocide, new Rwandan report says, after French report clears France of complicityA Rwandan government-commissioned report on the 1994 genocide has accused France of “enabling” the slaughter, going further than a recent French report that held the country responsible but stopped short of judging it complicit.Apr 19, 2021 18:07World News
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