The families of more than a hundred children killed when a missile struck an elementary school in Iran have penned a letter of grief and gratitude to Pope Leo XIV, who has repeatedly criticized the loss of innocent lives in the war with Iran. An investigation by the U.S. military determined that the United States…
Shorouk Express “If the question is: Do we have confidence in this government? The answer is no, we don’t,” said Le Pen after meeting with Bayrou Tuesday. Le Pen promised in July to stand in any new elections despite her legal troubles. A National Rally official, who like others quoted in this piece was granted…
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Shorouk Express PARIS ― French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her party would vote to collapse François Bayrou’s government if the prime minister did not revise his drastic budget reduction plan that includes getting rid of two major public holidays. “This government prefers to attack the French people, workers and pensioners, rather than hunt waste,”…
Shorouk Express In a post on X, Le Pen struck while the iron — and everything else — was hot, turning the lack of air conditioning into a political issue. She accused the government of forcing ordinary people to suffer the heat while the “so-called French elites” benefit from air conditioning. “It’s crazy to tell families…
Shorouk Express Typically in France, defendants can have their punishment temporarily lifted by appealing a verdict, when they return to being presumed innocent. But the court made the rare — though not unprecedented — decision that Le Pen’s crimes were so grave and the risk of recidivism so high that her ban should be handed down…
Healthcare company Kaiser Permanente is dealing with a system outage that is forcing its hospitals and pharmacies to fill out prescriptions with pen and paper — and is slowing down services at other parts of the company, too. “Kaiser Permanente is currently experiencing network interruptions, at one of our data centers, which is impacting some…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, cited Martin Luther King Jr in…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Marine Le Pen has attacked a court’s decision that bans her from standing for election after she was found guilty of embezzling funds from the European parliament….
Shorouk Express PARIS — France’s constitutional court ruled Friday that it is constitutional to remove an elected official from office as punishment for a crime before the individual has exhausted the appeals process. While the case concerns a little-known former local representative from the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, legal scholars have followed…
