Joe Biden: Rebuilder of the US economy or dangerous spendthrift?

With his social, protectionist and reindustrialization measures, the Democratic president has shaken up the American economy.

After the Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced persons in Rafah, May 27, 2024.

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Israel continues striking Rafah, despite outrage over deadly bombing of refugee camp

Volodymyr Zelensky and French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu at a meeting in Kyiv on September 28, 2023.

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France and Ukraine in talks over sending military instructors

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France lifts state of emergency in New Caledonia

While the archipelago has been quieter in recent days, some disturbances were reported in the capital city Nouméa. There have been nearly 500 arrests since the unrest started.

Total's headquarters in La Défense, France, in February 1996.

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The fuel, and controversies, that built TotalEnergies

Founded in 1924 at the initiative of the French state, the group is now one of the world's leading oil companies. Confronted with a number of scandals, notably environmental, it's now accused of undermining the energy transition and enriching itself at the expense of climate change.

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For sale: Kyiv's Hotel Ukraine, a €23.5 million property that could help fund the war effort

Ukraine's government has decided to put the Hotel Ukraine up for sale. Since its inauguration in 1961, it has witnessed the Soviet era, the euphoria of independence, the Maidan revolution and Russia's invasion.

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Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili is the last line of defense against 'Russian law'

Endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream party in 2018, the former French diplomat has joined the opposition to the 'foreign influence' law. By promising to veto it, despite no hope of success, she has gained a lot of popularity among the pro-European movement.

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From Germany, Macron campaigns against the French far right

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo sign a bilateral security accord in Brussels on May 28, 2024.

Belgium commits to deliver 30 F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv by 2028

Polish foreign minister says it should 'not rule out' sending troops to Ukraine

Dutch far-right politician and PVV party leader Geert Wilders in The Hague, Netherlands, November 24, 2023.

Dutch conservatives, architects of the rise of the far right

New Caledonia: Former footballer Karembeu says two relatives were killed in unrest

French Open 2024: Rafael Nadal loses swansong match

Ivan Ljubicic: 'It may be easier for the French to pull off a surprise at the Olympics than at the French Open'

'Paid trip to Paris, easy airport check, it's like a vacation': In French Guiana, the evolution of cocaine trafficking networks

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'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova, mastermind of the OneCoin scam, was still investing in Dubai while under indictment

New Caledonia: Rural villagers fear the violence will spread

UN says survivors 'unlikely' in Papua New Guinea landslide, thousands more evacuated

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Paris 2024: Hotels and Airbnb rental prices continue to fall due to oversupply

Some 145,000 homes have been listed on Airbnb for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, compared with 65,000 in normal times. But many have yet to be rented.

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Quentin Caillot, victim of a homophobic assault, on the banks of the Saône river on April 7, 2024, in Lyon.

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Homophobic ambushers are baiting and beating gay men across France

It's hard to keep track of the number of assaults: Victims don't always come forward, and often struggle to have the attacks recognized as homophobic.

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The former villa of Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, with its 17-hectare wooded park and 70 rooms, now sits empty.

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Berlin's impossible task: Getting rid of Goebbels' villa

Having failed to find a buyer, Berlin's city council is now offering to give away the former Nazi leader's mansion on the outskirts of the German capital. The cost of maintaining the 1,600-square-meter building, unused for years, has become too high for the municipality.

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