New details on the knife attack in central Paris
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Paris knife attack: Suspect ‘French citizen born in Russia’s Chechnya’
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The suspect in a deadly knife attack in central Paris on Saturday evening is a French citizen born in 1997 in Russia’s republic of Chechnya, sources say. Named by media as Khamzat Asimov, he was on a French watch list … Read More
Emmanuel Macron urges Germany to step up to ‘its responsibilities’ at historic moment for EU reform
President Macron and Chancellor Merkel embrace at the Charlemagne Prize ceremony in AachenCREDIT: WOLFGANG RATTAY/REUTERS President Emmanuel Macron of France has urged Germany’s leaders to “live up to their responsibilities” in Europe amid foot-dragging from Angela Merkel over his ambitious reform plans … Read More
Trump ‘poised to quit’ 2015 Iran nuclear deal
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with … Read More
Iran rejects any new nuclear deal proposed by US/France
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint press conference with the leaders of Turkey and Russia in Ankara on April 4, 2018 ADEM ALTAN (AFP) Trump is eyeing a broader pact that also limits Iran’s ballistic missile program Iran’s … Read More
Does Trump have a Syria Plan? U.S. needs Russia and Iran to end the war
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The U.S. and its British and French allies defied Russian warnings Friday in a trilateral attack against Syrian government facilities allegedly associated with the production of chemical weapons. However, experts said the move was unlikely to end the war unless … Read More
Trump’s trade war against China could see allies in Macron and Merkel
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File photo of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. REUTERS BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will attempt a pincer movement on Donald Trump, with China emerging as the likely target of … Read More
Macron hit with THREE MONTHS of strikes in FURY at French President bowing to EU law
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EMMANUEL Macron has been slapped with THREE MONTHS of punishing strikes from tomorrow in retaliation of the French President bowing down to the EU. The relentless strikes begin tomorrow and will run for a gruelling 12 weeks in successive waves … Read More
Angela Merkel is beleaguered but she is far from finished
As she begins her fourth and final term as Germany’s chancellor, her party remains Germany’s strongest, and she is more popular than the party. Germany’s economy will continue to expand. Unfortunately, Europe and the world need more leadership than a … Read More
Hostage-taker in southern France fatally shot by security forces after killing three
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© Pascal Pavani, AFP French security and police gather outside the Super U supermarket in the town of Trèbes, where a man took hostages before he was killed by security forces on March 23. A 26-year-old Moroccan national was fatally … Read More