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Pandas: China’s secret soft-power weapon amid growing tensions with the West
A French zoo will bid farewell to one if its star attractions – a 5-year-old giant panda – on Tuesday,…
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Spanish PM Sanchez pins snap election hopes on ‘fear of far right’
Spain will be voting in a snap general election on Sunday. Despite negative polls, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is…
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Bastille Day: A brief history of France’s July 14 national holiday
France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the presence…
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‘Three times the Soviet-Afghan war’: New data sheds light on scale of Russian deaths in Ukraine
Close to 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the invasion of Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of…
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‘A strong gesture’: French delivery of SCALP missiles to Ukraine marks shift in Western strategy
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that SCALP missiles, capable of striking the Russian army at long range, would…
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NATO Summit: How the Alliance is strengthening its eastern flank
Along with seeking a compromise for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, leaders at the Vilnius summit are on a quest to…
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How Russian state media is tearing down Prigozhin’s reputation as a ‘man of the people’
The public broadcast of police raids on Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin’s home and office are an obvious attack on…
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‘We have to listen to them’: Youth associations on the front lines during Nahel riots
During almost a week of riots that shook France after the death of Nahel M., killed by police during a…
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Why deadly police shootings are on the rise on France’s roads
The death of 17-year-old Nahel, shot by a police officer on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, is not…
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Putin’s defense chief Shoigu survived Prigozhin’s challenge – but for how long?
Russia’s embattled defence minister was in the hot seat long before Yevgeny Prigozhin sent his Wagner mercenaries racing to Moscow…
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