Conservative billionaire politician Olivier dassault was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, French President Emmanuel Macron he said on Twitter. Dassault, 69, was the eldest son of French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose group builds the Rafale warplanes and owns the newspaper Le Figaro. “Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of …
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LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson would chair a crisis meeting on Monday, as a growing number of countries blocked flights from Britain over a highly infectious new strain of coronavirus that the UK said was “out of control”. The World Health Organization also called for stronger containment measures across Europe, …
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Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19. Paris France: French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding that he will now self-isolate himself for the next week. “The president tested positive for Covid-19 today,” he said in a statement, adding that they had done so …
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Written by Om Marathe | New Delhi | Updated: December 11, 2020 10:30:47 am Macron faces reelection in 2022, and experts say he is appealing to France’s right-wing voters after facing a series of electoral losses this year. (Archive) On Wednesday, the French cabinet introduced a bill targeting “radical Islamism” …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 1:21:21 am Protests against the new security law, in Paris on November 28 (Photo: AP) More than 46,000 people gathered in Paris on Saturday to protest against France’s controversial new security law, which the lower house of the French …
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France had demanded a Pakistani official to withdraw comments that Macron was treating Muslims like the Nazis treated Jews. A Pakistani minister has withdrawn comments she previously made that French President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like the Nazis had treated Jews in World War II. The French Foreign Minister …
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A Pakistani minister on Sunday withdrew comments she previously made that President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like the Nazis had treated Jews in World War II. The French Foreign Minister had demanded that the Pakistani authorities withdraw the comments posted on Twitter by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights, …
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France has decided not to help Pakistan upgrade its fleet of Mirage fighter jets, air defense system and Agosta 90B class submarines, a direct consequence of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s strong criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron’s defense of the Right to mock religion after the murder of a French …
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities closed a main road into the capital, Islamabad, for a second day on Monday, as a far-right religious party staged new protests against France. A demonstration in the neighboring city of Rawalpindi that drew up to 5,000 people on Sunday lasted until Monday, with around 1,000 protesters …
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WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is “intolerable” given his rights record, said a Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the South Asian country suffer discrimination, sectarian violence and forced conversions. The condemnation of the NGOs, which monitor the performance of the United …
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