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Jean-Marie Le Pen wearing a French army officer's beret from Algeria during a veteran's reunion in 1985

French Far-right Figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration.
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Workers remove snow outside the White House in Washington

Eastern US Hunkers Down In Major Winter Storm

A deadly storm system dumped heavy snow and freezing rain across the eastern United States on Monday, killing five people and disrupting travel for millions of Americans from the central plains to the capital Washington.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under mounting pressure for weeks

Trudeau Says To Resign As Canada PM

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, saying he will leave office as soon as the ruling Liberal party chooses a new leader after months of slumping polls and internal division.
Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government, in the Zahra district of Homs

Syria Announces End Of Homs Security Sweep: State Media

Syrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighbourhoods of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community.
Starmer slammed the 'poison of the far-right'

European Leaders Hit Back In Elon Musk Meddling Row

European leaders expressed growing frustration with tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, as a major row escalated between members of Britain's government and US president-elect Donald Trump's key ally.
Elon Musk -- who owns X -- has provoked ire with his attacks on European leaders

EU Rules Don't Prohibit Musk's German Far-right Chat On X

Elon Musk's controversial plan for a live chat with a German extreme-right leader on X this week is allowed under European Union laws but will be scrutinised for potential violations of electoral interference rules, Brussels said on Monday.
Fifty years after his death, Franco's legacy continues to divide Spain

Franco Dictatorship Splits Spain 50 Years After Death

Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco's death, laying bare the enduring divisiveness of his legacy.
US actress Liza Colon-Zayas, a Golden Globe nominee for her work on 'The Bear,' was one of the first on the red carpet

Hollywood A-listers Hit The Carpet For Golden Globes

Hollywood's best and brightest from film and television began arriving on the red carpet Sunday for the Golden Globes, the year's first major showbiz awards gala, with surreal narco-musical "Emilia Perez" leading the movie pack.
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he can quickly solve the Ukraine war but not offered any details

Zelensky Says 'Strong' Trump Can End Ukraine War

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed optimism in an interview published Sunday that "strong" incoming US president Donald Trump will be able to force Russia into peace talks and end the war in Ukraine.

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