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First round of potential game-changer French elections underway

The first round of voting for the French National Assembly took place on Sunday, with President Emmanuel Macron in an attempt to increase the relative majority his centrist bloc currently holds in the lower house. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT), with 49.3 million eligible voters. Voting in some overseas territories had already […]

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Israeli Air Force says it has carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah position

The Israeli Air Force says it has again attacked a position of the pro-Iranian Shiite Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s military infrastructure was attacked overnight, the Israeli army announced Sunday morning. It did not say whether there were any deaths or injuries. The information could not initially be independently verified. Since the start of

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France is starting to vote in elections that could hand power to the far right

By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) – French voters started voting on Sunday in the first round of early parliamentary elections. These elections could lead to the country’s first far-right government since World War II. This could mean a major change at the heart of the European Union. President Emmanuel Macron stunned the country when he

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How are the French parliamentary elections going?

The French go to the polls on Sunday to elect new parliamentary representatives, following the surprise dissolution of the National Assembly by President Emmanuel Macron three weeks ago. Macron’s shock decision to take this risky gamble followed his centrist government’s resounding defeat to the far right in the European Parliament elections. Macron’s position is not

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Voting begins in the first round of French parliamentary elections

Polling stations opened on Sunday morning for the first round of elections for the French National Assembly, with president Emmanuel Macron in an attempt to increase the relative majority of his centrist movement in the lower house. About 49.3 million people are eligible to vote. Voting has already begun in some overseas territories. Macron called

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Major railway line in Germany reopened after lightning strike

A crucial railway line between Hanover in northern Germany and the city of Minden in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was closed for hours due to a lightning strike, has been reopened, a railway spokesman told dpa on Sunday morning. During the closure, trains were diverted via Bremen, causing significant disruptions, the website

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The French elections with exceptionally high stakes have begun. The far right is leading the elections ahead of the elections

PARIS (AP) — Voters in mainland France began casting their ballots on Sunday in the first round of a exceptional parliamentary elections That could put the French government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round elections, which end on July 7, could

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