Michel Barnier has now become the shortest-serving prime minister in France’s Fifth Republic and the first PM to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the abrupt departure of PM Barnier, following a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left, and crucially backed by the far … Read more
FRANCE 24 correspondent Yena Lee explains the South Korean government’s impeachment process, and how likely President Yoon Suk Yeol’s hold on power is to resist the upcoming vote. Source link
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said on Thursday it would block the opposition’s motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for his short-lived attempt at martial law, but the motion only needs a handful of PPP defectors to pass and few are ready to forgive Yoon’s “unconstitutional” move. Source link
Washington: United Healthcare CEO (CEO) Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a hotel in Manhattan, New York, on Wednesday morning. An officer associated with the investigation into the case provided this information on condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, police said, without revealing the identity of the dead man, that a 50-year-old man was shot outside … Read more
Amnesty International released a report on Thursday which concludes that Israel is “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. The report says Israel has “unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity”. Amnesty’s report is the first such determination by a prominent human rights organization in the 14-month-old conflict. Israel … Read more
The chief executive of one of the United States’ largest health insurance companies, UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside a New York Hilton hotel in an apparently targeted hit Wednesday. Brian Thompson was shot just before 7 am outside the hotel in the Midtown district of Manhattan. Police are searching for the killer. Source link
Protesters rallied outside Georgia’s Parliament building for a seventh consecutive night on Thursday to vent their anger at the government’s decision to suspend the process of joining the European Union. Earlier in the day, in a sign of a widening crackdown, Georgian police searched the offices and homes of prominent activists and opposition leaders and … Read more
The decision by French opposition legislators to bring down the government on Wednesday and throw the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a political crisis has prompted a “mood of extreme apprehension” in Brussels, FRANCE 24 correspondent Dave Keating reported. Source link
A ‘shutdown’ of French public services on January 1st? This is the US-style scenario in risk of occurring, according to former Prime Minister, Elisabeth Bornes, following Michel Barnier’s historic no-confidence vote and drop of the procedure for adopting the 2025 budget in France. In reality, even if the threat of a paralysis of the administration … Read more
US President Joe Biden has arrived in Lobito to promote a massive railway project that links Angola’s Atlantic Ocean to mining regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. Known as the Lobito Corridor, the project is viewed as an effort to counter overwhelming Chinese influence over critical minerals. Source link