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Leftist New York mayor-elect faces Trump in White House showdown
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - New York's incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani marches into the White House on Friday for a high-stakes sit-down with President Donald Trump, after a bruising war of words that lit up cable news and social media.
EU chief faces confidence votes in fractious parliament
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» STRASBOURG, France - European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen faces two confidence votes on Thursday in the European Parliament — challenges that pose no serious threat to her leadership but underscore the tensions roiling the assembly.
France unveils new government amid political deadlock
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government on Sunday, putting together a team of largely familiar faces under Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu as he struggles to pull the country out of a political crisis.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survives confidence vote
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» STRASBOURG — European Union (EU) chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday comfortably saw off a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament -- but the rare challenge has exposed frictions between her backers and complaints about her leadership style.
China hawk Peter Navarro has Trump’s ear
AFP, Published on 09/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs on countries around the world, including 104% in duties on China, bear the fingerprint of Peter Navarro, a Harvard-trained economist who has long warned against a rising Beijing.
France's Macron announces fourth government of the year
AFP, Published on 24/12/2024
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.
Clock ticks down on France government nomination
AFP, Published on 23/12/2024
» PARIS - The clock ticked Monday for French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint the fourth government in a year marked by a deepening political crisis.
French credit rating under more pressure
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» PARIS: France's surging national debt is causing increasing alarm with the country risking a fresh warning on Friday over its credit rating after a downgrade.
French court to have final say on pensions reform
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» PARIS: France's top constitutional court is to rule Friday on whether to approve President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pensions overhaul after months of protests.
Greek government survives vote over wiretap scandal
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's government on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running wiretap scandal in which top officials were targeted by state intelligence for months.