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Thousands turn up for independent Alberta rally - is the Canadian state on the verge of seceding?Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, earlier this year, announced that she would hold a referendum on separation from Canada next year if a citi...
French PM faces day of reckoning, but likely to survive no-confidence votesFrench Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu offered to suspend pension reform to secure support, potentially averting no-confidence votes. Whil...
French premier resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaosFrance's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month, just a day after forming a new government. His resignation, fol...
Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull's-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and electionsFrench officials and cybersecurity experts from Europe and the United States have identified disinformation campaigns targeting France, orc...
Meloni camp pulls ahead of Macron's in EU parliamentParliamentary insiders however say the balance of power in the 720-seat European legislature remains essentially unchanged from the last le...
French President Emmanuel Macron flies to New Caledonia amid ongoing unrestFrench President Emmanuel Macron flew to New Caledonia to address riots and tensions between Indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and oth...
France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadlyFrance imposes 12-day emergency in New Caledonia to tackle deadly unrest among indigenous people seeking independence. Security forces depl...
Canada's Quebec plans to bar most immigrants who don’t speak FrenchThe percentage of Quebeckers declaring French as their first spoken language declined 1.5 percentage points to 82.2% between 2016 and 2021,...
French President Emmanuel Macron loses parliament majority in stunning setbackThe result from Sunday's second round poll threw French politics into turmoil, raising the prospect of a paralysed legislature or messy coa...
View: What do we learn from Trump’s American Carnage?Democracy in any country is as good as its citizens make of it at any point of time, regardless of its history and tradition.
New Caledonia rejects independence from FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron -- who had said previously that "France would be less beautiful without New Caledonia" -- on Sunday said h...
The future of European Union is at stake. Read whyChange is in the air in all of Europe and by the end of the year the political who’s who of the continent may be totally altered. Also at s...
François Hollande’s visit is an occasion to reflect on what India and France have to teach each otherFrench républicanisme, enshrined in revolutionary mottos like “liberty, equality and fraternity”, was a major inspiration for the founding ...
Developed nations have no such rule, doubtful democracies doYemen and Syria, which are engulfed in political turmoil, too have a minimum requirement of literacy for parliamentary candidates.
- SC refuses modification of earlier order on 'Green Regulator'
After two years of the Lafarge judgement, the MoEF, in October this year, moved the court seeking modification in directions given in the L...
Poke Me: We need a National SarpanchA directly elected and strong president will not be vulnerable to coalitions. It will have stability of tenure, and will be able to concent...
- Budget's more like a Super Sixes game here
President George Bush's budget, unveiled earlier this month, might be 25 times the size of the budget that Jaswant Singh will present on Fe...