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France's President Emmanuel Macron is facing renewed political pressure now that the political truce he requested during the Paris Olympics has come to an end. In a column published on Sunday, the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party threatened legal action against Macron if he failed to appoint a prime minister from the left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front (NFP), in the coming days. "We are writing this open letter as a solemn warning," wrote the column's signatories, which include LFI firebrand leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Article 68 of the Constitution allows the French parliament to di...
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Post-Olympics blues is in full swing, and now that the festivities have ended, it’s back to the daily grind. Until the Paralympics arrive on 28 August, naturally. One burning question remains who the next French Prime Minister will be, following the dissolution of the Assemblée by President Emmanuel Macron and the snap elections in July. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal officially resigned from his position but was appointed to lead a 'caretaker government' as the dispute over the next PM continues among the elected coalition. Now, one candidate has emerged, and social media seems to be all for it...
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Goritsa Gruncharova-Kozhareva has been sworn in as Bulgaria's caretaker prime minister, leaving her to oversee an interim government that has held power in the country since the resignation of former prime minister Nikolai Denkov in March. She replaces Dimitar Glavchev, who was appointed on 9 April. Glavchev resigned on 9 August, telling reporters in Paris on Friday that he no longer wished to take up the post of caretaker prime minister for a second round after speculation around alleged addictions, which he denied, appeared — according to Bulgarian News Agency. Kozhareva was appointed by Bul...
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Protesters were seen on the grounds of the prime minister's residence in Dhaka on Monday after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country by helicopter. Some looted her residence, some setting fire to cars and carrying out furniture and even fish from the kitchens.
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Lucie Castets, a civil servant hoping to become France's new Prime Minister, has plans to shake up the country's tax system and revitalise public services. The 37-year-old, backed by the New Popular Front (NFP) alliance, and speaking to French newspaper La Tribune, heavily criticised the fiscal decisions taken by the presiding centrist government. "It's often said that the left doesn't keep its promises and that the right is more disciplined," said Castets. "But I would point out that the previous majority has cut annual revenue by €40bn to €50bn since 2017, and that major expenses have been r...
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An overnight Russian strike left more than 100,000 Ukrainian households without power. The Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported on Saturday that the strikes in Northern Ukraine had cut off electricity and water in the region, as civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. The northern Sumy region in Ukraine, which borders Russia, was plunged into darkness as strikes damaged energy infrastructure. Local media say drones hit the provincial capital, also called Sumy, cutting off water by hitting power lines which fed its system of pumps. Russian media also reported that Moscow...
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The Danish Prime Minister cancelled campaign events on the eve of voting in her country after she was assaulted by a man in downtown Copenhagen Following the attack, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was rushed to a hospital but was unharmed. Local media report that a 39-year-old man walked up to her and pushed her hard. The recent violence arose in the runup to elections taking place this weekend for the European Parliament. To some, the assault on elected leaders adds to the growing sense of democracy itself being attacked. The most serious attack so far was the attempted assassination of Slo...
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Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has been airlifted from a Banská Bystrica hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt in the central town of Handlová. Fico was transported early on Thursday to his home in Bratislava, where he will receive nursing care, reports say. The Slovakian PM was shot in the abdomen at close range as he greeted supporters in Handlová earlier this month. Videos showed him approach people gathered at barricades and reach out to shake hands as a man stepped forward, extended his arm and fired five rounds before being tackled and arrested. Fic...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A photo of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media claiming that she accompanied PM Modi while he was filing his nomination for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Fact: BOOM found that the viral photo is from 2022, when Modi and other senior BJP leaders accompanied Murmu for the nomination process as NDA's presidential candidate. Also, as of May 8, 2024, PM Modi is yet to file his nomination. Tools used: We ran a Google reverse image search which led us to a post on X by PM Modi in 2022, wh...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video purporting to show Congress workers in Karnataka burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and instead setting their lungis on fire is viral online. Fact: BOOM found that the claims are false, the video is from 2012 and shows members of the Kerala Students Union (KSU) burning an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi University's then Vice Chancellor. The video is being falsely linked to 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Tools used: We ran a reverse image search of some keyframes from the viral video on Google and found a Facebook post from September 1, 2012 that carri...
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