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The global literary community has also reacted in horror. Two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, France’s Annie Ernaux and Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk, have publicly called on Algeria to release Sansal, as has Salman Rushdie. Sansal’s main support group says the author — who in 2015 was awarded one of France’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Grand prix du roman de Académie Française — has been in and out of hospital since the beginning of the ordeal. “Sansal is very ill and we don’t know if he has access to a doctor in jail,” said Noëlle Lenoir, a former French…
The move backfired spectacularly, with an unexpectedly strong showing by an impromptu left-wing alliance beating both Macron’s electoral coalition and the RN. France’s political landscape has since been fractious, leading many to speculate Macron would be tempted to call elections again as soon as the law permits, in early July. In April Macron rubbished press reports he was planning to dissolve parliament again, saying he had never considered doing so. In Nice, where he is attending the UN Oceans Conference, Macron said he wants to see more cooperation. “The political parties who are able to form a majority in the…
Defending Italy’s citizenship laws as “excellent and also very inclusive,” Meloni said on June 5 that she was “completely against” the proposed changes. Italian public media and government politicians broadly ignored the referendum, with junior Meloni coalition member Forza Italia posting a picture on X of a swimming pool, sandals and sunglasses, saying “sorry if we didn’t post anything today, we were all at the beach.” The public was asked to vote on five issues, four of which concerned labor rights and garnered more than 85 percent support. The vote on the immigration question was closer, with around 65 percent…
Conlict broke out in early May after India accused Pakistan of sponsoring a terrorist attack that killed 26 civilians, mainly Hindus, in an Indian-administered region. Pakistan has denied sponsoring terrorism. Following days of tit-for-tat missile and aerial strikes that prompted widespread alarm about the potential for further escalation between the two nuclear-armed powers, India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire on May 10. Both sides declared victory, but their reports on how the war unfolded differed. India initially denied claims that Pakistan had shot down as many as six of its fighter jets, but a senior Indian military official later acknowledged that…
Published on 09/06/2025 – 21:01 GMT+2Equipped with high-visibility vests and lamps, a group of Dutch citizens has been carrying out their own checks at the German border, prompted by dissatisfaction with the current migration policy.The participants, who number around a dozen according to local media reports, decided to take matters into their own hands and have been engaged in border checks, videos of which have been circulating on social media. They have been applauded by right-wing politician Geert Wilders, whose PVV party withdrew from the Dutch coalition government last week after it refused to adopt his migration proposals. The same…
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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 09/06/2025 – 19:40 GMT+2•Updated 20:02Frederick Forsyth, the British author of “The Day of the Jackal” and other bestselling thrillers, has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agent said on Monday.Jonathan Lloyd, his agent, said Forsyth died at home early Monday surrounded by his family.”We mourn the passing of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers,” Lloyd said.Born in Kent in 1938, Forsyth served as a Royal Air Force pilot before becoming a foreign correspondent.He covered the attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle in 1962, which provided inspiration for…
Those who spoke took turns at the podium relaying their traditional talking points on everything from gender identity to clamping down on mass migration as the crowd chowed down on Peruvian fusion empanadas and the Maghrebi sausage variety, Merguez. Everyone brought the love for Le Pen, who is facing a possible ban on running for president in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement in March. The verdict was handed down just months after the death of her father and political mentor, Jean-Marie. “Each passing day brings you closer to Marine Le Pen being president,” Abascal, an MEP for Spain’s…
Selon un rapport de l’Unesco de 2024, la teneur des océans en oxygène diminue à l’échelle planétaire et le réchauffement des océans se produit à un rythme sans précédent et de plus en plus rapide. “L’océan est notre principal allié, que l’on vive en Europe ou n’importe où dans le monde”, a déclaré Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la Commission européenne. “Toutefois, si nous négligeons l’océan, si nous le traitons de manière irrespectueuse, l’océan se retournera contre nous”, a-t-elle ajouté, évoquant les “tempêtes toujours plus violentes [qui] ravagent nos côtes”. Emmanuel Macron et Ursula von der Leyen se sont…
The Venice Film Festival has announced it will honour legendary Vertigo star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, was the world’s top box office star during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s thanks to classics such as Joshua Logan’s Picnic (1955), Otto Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) in which she played the dual role of suicidal blonde Madeleine Elster and brunette shop girl Judy Barton. In 2012, Vertigo was named the “greatest film of all time” by the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound, dethroning Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane – which held…