Canada has requested the extradition of a French priest accused of sexually abusing Indigenous children more than 30 years ago, Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti confirmed Thursday.
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The Turkish and Russian leaders are meeting for the second time in less than three weeks.
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Ukraine said it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive. Meanwhile three more grain ships are set to leave Ukraine on Friday, Turkey said, following the departure of the Sierra Leone-registered Razoni on Monday. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the latest developments. All times are Paris […]
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DALLAS — Viktor Orbán took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas with an invitation for the American right. “I’m here to tell you that we should unite our forces,” said Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister who has found himself increasingly alienated from democratic countries in Europe, as he has opposed immigration […]
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No more ties, shorter showers — European leaders are intent on signaling that everyone will have to do their part as they sketch out national plans to save energy ahead of a winter crunch. EU gas reserves are currently 71 percent full — about 9 percent short of the target the bloc set itself earlier this […]
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It was supposed to be a week of celebration for Mark Rutte, who became the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history on Tuesday. But instead, Rutte finds himself back early from summer recess on Friday for a crunch meeting with farmer group leaders, whose angry protests threaten his decade of dominance of Dutch politics. […]
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Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. Declassified is retreating to its summer residence (which, by pure coincidence, happens to be in a tax haven) to relax, get wasted on supermarket own-brand Polish liebfraumilch, and think of some insulting nicknames for Donald Trump. Back in September. Everyone loves the internet. It’s a magical place filled […]
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Will the West’s stinging economic sanctions on Russia work? Will they get Russian President Vladimir Putin to finally see reason and force him to quit his war on Ukraine? In the last few weeks, the answers to these questions have become ever more pressing. Every day, the terrible trauma and human cost in Ukraine only […]
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PARIS — As he says goodbye to his top ally in Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron is bracing for the worst. Macron and his closest confidante in the European sphere, Italian PM Mario Draghi, were once the steady duo that coalesced across EU policy areas as they saw eye to eye on a range of […]
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Ben Coates is the author of “Why the Dutch are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands” (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2015) and “The Rhine: Following Europe’s Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps” (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2018). The autumn of 2010 feels like a long time ago now. As the year’s end […]
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