France — news through its media
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EU Unlocks 90 Billion for Ukraine After Orbán's Electoral Defeat: Budapest Yields, Pipeline Flows, Sanctions Fall
Orbán's electoral defeat has removed the final obstacle: the EU approves the 90 billion euro loan and a 20th sanctions package against Moscow on the same day Russian oil begins flowing to Budapest again.
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ChatGPT targeted by unprecedented criminal investigation: 'If it were a person, we'd charge it with murder'
Florida launches criminal investigation into OpenAI after a student used ChatGPT to prepare a campus shooting — a global first.
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Tim Cook Steps Down from Apple: Silicon Valley's Most Watched Succession Reveals the Fault Lines of the AI Era
Cook hands over the reins of a $4 trillion empire—and picks a hardware engineer to win a software war.
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Israeli soldier destroys Christ statue in Lebanon: Netanyahu apologizes, American right erupts
A viral photo shows an IDF soldier smashing a Jesus statue with an axe in a Christian village in southern Lebanon — and for the first time, American evangelicals raise their voice against Israel.
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Bulgaria: Radev wins electoral landslide and opens door to Moscow in heart of Europe
Former president Radev crushes legislative elections with 44.7% of votes — the strongest score since 1997 — and Russia and the EU are applauding at the same time.
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Japan shakes and the world holds its breath: magnitude 7.7, megaquake alert, and the specter of Fukushima
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami alert and an unprecedented warning: 1% probability of a magnitude 8+ megaquake within the week.
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Iran shuts Hormuz again mid-talks: negotiations show progress but US blockade derails everything
Iran announces the re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz 48 hours after reopening it, accusing the US of violating the deal. Trump claims a peace deal is near while negotiations stall over nuclear issues and blockade terms.
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Strait of Hormuz Reopens Under High Tension: Iran Holds the Cards, Trump Sidelines NATO, Paris and London Launch Their Own Naval Mission
The Strait of Hormuz has been declared officially reopened to commercial shipping by Iran and confirmed by Trump, but underlying tensions persist. France and the UK have launched an independent joint naval mission outside NATO framework after Trump explicitly rejected NATO involvement in securing the strait. Maritime companies and insurers remain cautious despite the official reopening, and a fundamental divergence exists between Iran's claim of full sovereignty over the reopening and Western interpretations attributing it to American pressure. This development reveals a deeper fracture: Trump's rejection of NATO for this mission forces Europe to build independent naval capacity, marking a potential shift in the global security architecture surrounding critical maritime routes.
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The Mandelson-Epstein affair rocks Starmer: failed vetting, lies, and calls for resignation
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