Voters in France turned out in large numbers on Sunday (July 7) for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament.
In other news, authorities in Iran on Sunday (July 7) arrested a lawyer who publicly criticised the government crackdown in the 2022 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. Massive unrest followed the death of the 22-year-old Amini, who was detained by the police for allegedly not properly wearing her mandatory hijab properly.
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Voters in France turned out in large numbers on Sunday (July 7) for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament.
Authorities in Iran on Sunday (July 7) arrested a lawyer who publicly criticised the government crackdown in the 2022 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. Massive unrest followed the death of the 22-year-old Amini, who was detained by the police for allegedly not properly wearing her mandatory hijab.
A writ petition urging that K Armstrong, the state president of the Tamil Nadu BSP, be buried at the party’s office was denied by the Madras High Court on Sunday (July 7).
Hundreds of Israeli protesters blocked roads in Tel Aviv on Sunday (July 7), pushing for a truce deal in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The protesters demanded that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should secure a hostage deal with Hamas.
The Delhi Police on Sunday (July 7) filed an FIR against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra over her derogatory social media post on National Commission for Women (NCW) Chief Rekha Sharma.
US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has come under the cosh yet again after last month’s debate debacle. Reports have claimed that Biden’s team provided a list of questions in advance to the radio host who interviewed the president as he attempted to undo the damage to his presidential nomination.
As France on Sunday (Jul 7) holds its potentially ‘seismic’ snap legislative elections, far-right National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella looks poised to become the prime minister. This significant feat at the young age of 28 depends on his party securing a majority, which, as per exit polls, is a huge possibility.
The Chinese military has claimed that it has the capability to impose and maintain a blockade on an island, solely using drones. The claim has been made in a peer-reviewed paper in the Chinese academic journal Command Control & Simulation, published last month.
India came back strongly in the second T20I against Zimbabwe to equal the five-match series 1-1 with a dominating 100 runs win on Sunday (Jul 7). The 2024 T20 World Cup champions were handed a shock loss in the first T20I on Saturday.
Oscar-winning film producer Jon Landau died on Friday, July 5. He was 63. According to reports, the cause of death was cancer. Landau is survived by his wife, Julie, and their two sons, Jamie and Jodie. He is also survived by his siblings, Tina, Kathy, and Les Landau.
