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French rail sabotage plays havoc with Paris Olympics opening
Everything was in place. Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of police, soldiers and other guards deployed to maintain security on the big showpiece day to kick off the Olympics. But the saboteurs struck away from the capital, at five apparently unguarded places. France’s state-owned rail…
U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution’s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The justices took up an appeal by two members of a public school board…
What’s the plan? Burnham vows to ‘be better’ than Starmer as he hints at Leftward lurch in first speech as PM – but again gives no detail – as Cabinet battle looms
Andy Burnham admitted the Labour Government ‘needs to be better’ today after he officially replaced Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. The new premier delivered his latest hint at a lurch to the Left in a speech in Downing Street, watched by an adoring crowd of aides and supporters. Mr Burnham said he wanted to put services…
Vietnam storm deaths rise to 64 as a bridge collapses and flooding sweeps away a bus
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported. Nine people died on…
Maersk says its ships will avoid Red Sea for the ‘foreseeable future’
Jan. 5 (UPI) — Global container ship giant Maersk said on Friday that it will divert all of its ships away from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden citing continued threats in the area. Maersk said in an update that it will avoid the troubled sea routes for the “foreseeable future,” opting the…
What’s in Trump’s trade agreement with the European Union?
The 27-nation bloc averts a 30% tariff that would have taken effect Aug. 1. President Donald Trump unveiled a trade agreement with the European Union on Sunday, making it the latest in a series of accords as the White House threatens to slap tariffs on dozens of countries this week. Prior to the agreement, the…


