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UK news

Why are people so obsessed with Rishi Sunak's height?

Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak is the first British Asian to take up residence at 10 Downing Street, the country's first Hindu leader, its youngest since 1812 and one of its wealthiest ever statesmen.At 170cm (or 5 foot 6 inches), he is also one of the UK's shortest premiers on record, a matter of increasing obsession online, with Google searches into the matter spiking over the course of the week.

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Why are people so obsessed with Rishi Sunak's height?

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France urges stepped-up US cooperation on terror threats

Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Wednesday lost his appeal against his corruption conviction, is one of five former French presidents and prime ministers to have been convicted by French courts.Published: 17 May 2023 15:23 CEST Nicolas Sarkozy Former president Sarkozy, 68, has been the target of a long list of probes since he left office in 2012 and lost his presidential immunity.

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Three face trial in France over assault of Brigitte Macron's great-nephew

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Opinion | How France's Far Right Became the Adults in the Room

For three months, France has been in revolt: Demonstrators have marched; railroad workers have blocked tracks; barricades and buildings have been set aflame; protesters have done battle in the street with police.The most recent innovation has been tamer: People have banged pots whenever the president has appeared.

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Macron postpones French pension overhaul to January

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he was pushing back his presentation of highly controversial pension reforms, citing recent leadership changes at two opposition parties.Published: 12 December 2022 13:15 CET France's President Emmanuel Macron has announced a delay in his pension reform plans.

The Local Europe

French history myths: It was illegal for women in France to wear trousers until 2013

We know that Paris takes its fashion pretty seriously, but is it really true that a law banning women from wearing trousers was only finally abolished in 2013?

The Local Europe

French history myths: Everyone was on the barricades in 1968

The north African country of Algeria was invaded and colonised by France in 1830 and remained under - often brutal - colonial control until 1962.

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France news

France's Macron opens up about love to autistic interviewers

The question for France's president about his teenage romance with a teacher at his high school was so close to the bone, so eye-popping in a country where politicians largely keep their private lives to themselves, that the interviewer couldn't quite rustle up the courage to ask it.So he got Emmanuel Macron to pose it to himself.

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France's tortured history of non-apologies to Algeria

The north African country of Algeria was invaded and colonised by France in 1830 and remained under - often brutal - colonial control until 1962.

The Local Europe

'Close shave!' How France's De Gaulle escaped assassin's bullets 60 years ago

August 22, 1962: French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife are being whisked by car through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart for a flight back to their country home, when a man on the side of the road waves a newspaper.

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World politics

Angela Merkel says she 'won't apologize' for her Russia diplomacy.

Angela Merkel says she will not apologize for her policies during her 16 years as Germany's chancellor, rebuffing criticism that they were somehow responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in her first extensive comments to the public since leaving office last year.

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France news

French court confirms Sarkozy guilty verdict, cuts sentence DW 02/14/2024

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy receives a one-year sentence, with half of it suspended.

The sentence is a result of Sarkozy's involvement in corruption and influence peddling. [ more ]

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France news

Nicolas Sarkozy's jail term halved in illegal campaign funds case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a six-month jail term on appeal for illegal campaign financing.

The Paris court of appeal confirmed a lower court's guilty verdict and reduced Sarkozy's sentence to a one-year prison term, half of which was suspended. [ more ]

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Sarkozy's Prison Sentence Halved to 6 Months

Paris appeals court upholds conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing but reduces his sentence.

Sarkozy plans to appeal the decision to France's highest court, the Court of Cassation. [ more ]

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Ex-French president Sarkozy to appeal one-year jail sentence for illegal 2012 campaign financing

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign financing for his 2012 re-election bid.

Sarkozy received a one-year prison sentence, half of which is suspended, and can be served through alternative means like wearing an electronic bracelet. [ more ]

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French conservatives elect hardliner as leader DW 12/12/2022

13 minutes ago13 minutes ago Eric Ciotti, who hails from the wealthy southern city of Nice, has railed against immigration.He will be tasked with reviving the electoral prospects of the center-right Les Republicains.Eric Ciotti has been elected the next leader of France's formerly heavyweight conservative party Les Republicains (LR) after winning the second round of party membership voting on Sunday.

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New York City

Muses Upon Muses Inside the Met Gala Cocktail Party

Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban, were among the first celebrities to arrive inside the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday for the Costume Institute benefit, honoring the designer Karl Lagerfeld.The couple was accompanied by Baz Luhrmann and his wife, Catherine Martin.For the cameras, Ms. Kidman, with her long, strawberry blond locks, in a swath of peachy fabric, seemed to float toward Mr. Luhrmann's side, in front of a towering centerpiece featuring hundreds of one-liter plastic bottles sourced from a recycling plant.

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