Toddler ‘trampled to death’ as migrants try to cross English Channel | Migration News

Toddler ‘trampled to death’ as migrants try to cross English Channel | Migration News

At least four people, including a two-year-old, die in two attempts to cross the channel on crowded boats. A two-year-old has been crushed to death and three other people have been killed in two attempts to cross the English Channel using overcrowded boats, French authorities say. “A child was trampled…

PM Barnier tells parliament France must trim its ‘colossal’ debt | Politics News

PM Barnier tells parliament France must trim its ‘colossal’ debt | Politics News

New French PM promises ‘targeted tax hikes’ and spending cuts in order to cut budget deficit, national debt. France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has outlined the policy programme of his new government, seeking to shore up its fragile position just three weeks after taking office. In his first policy…

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Throughout history, the world’s richest people — almost all men — have often operated from the shadows, taking on governments they don’t like quietly. Not the world’s current richest man. In recent months, Elon Musk has taken on government after government, mostly left or liberal administrations, in public online wars…

Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France | Refugees

Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France | Refugees

Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing Vietnamese people were walking down a coastal road south of Calais. Their boat had capsized. On their way back from this misadventure, they met a team from the French association…

France’s Macron appoints new government weeks after divisive election | Government News

France’s Macron appoints new government weeks after divisive election | Government News

The announcement signals end to more than two months of political uncertainty in the EU member state. French President Emmanuel Macron has named a new government, hoping to put an end 11 weeks of political uncertainty after an inconclusive parliamentary election delivered a hung parliament. Conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier…

Violence rocks France overseas territories in challenge for new PM Barnier | Protests News

Violence rocks France overseas territories in challenge for new PM Barnier | Protests News

Curfew in Martinique after protests over high cost of living while two killed in Pacific island of New Caledonia. France’s territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific are facing a new wave of unrest with security forces killing two men in New Caledonia and a curfew imposed after rioting in…

Australia’s social media ban for minors: Has this worked elsewhere? | Social Media News

Australia’s social media ban for minors: Has this worked elsewhere? | Social Media News

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced last week that his government plans to ban minors from social media use and will conduct an age verification trial in the upcoming months as a first step. “We know social media is causing social harm, and it is taking kids away from real friends…

‘I am a rapist’: French man admits to drugging and mass rape of his ex-wife | Sexual Assault News

‘I am a rapist’: French man admits to drugging and mass rape of his ex-wife | Sexual Assault News

Dominique Pelicot, 71, admits to drugging his ex-wife so that dozens of other men could rape her and begs for forgiveness. Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his ex-wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, and is begging for his family’s forgiveness. The 71-year-old’s…