France's Breton resigns as EU commissioner in public clash with Ursula von der Leyen
• Sep 16, 2024, 9:23 AM
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French European commissioner Thierry Breton announced he was standing down from his role effective immediately Monday, publicly accusing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of having tried to block him from being reappointed. Breton, one of the most influential figures in Brussels, has taken a strong line against some of the world's largest tech titans, including publicly tussling with Elon Musk over content moderation on social media. President Emmanuel Macron swiftly tapped Stéphane Séjourné, his outgoing foreign minister and a close ally, to succeed Breton as Paris's representative at the EU.
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• 11:45 AM
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• 7:27 AM
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• 7:16 AM
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The trial of 51 men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot began in earnest on Thursday as the first defendants took the stand. Their testimony included expressions of regret along with more ambiguous statements regarding their awareness of their victim’s vulner
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🔴 Live: Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel after IDF strikes southern Lebanon
• 6:10 AM
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Hezbollah on Friday pounded northern Israel with around 140 rockets hours after the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) carried out intense air strikes in southern Lebanon. The cross-border exchanges came a day after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed to re
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Trump ally refuses to leave governor's race after 'Black Nazi' comments emerge on porn site
• 5:53 AM
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A Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has rejected calls to drop out of the race after a report that he made controversial comments about slavery and called himself a 'Black Nazi' on a porn website more than a decade ago.
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Two missing, 1000 evacuated as Storm Boris brings flooding to northern Italy
• 2:04 AM
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Two people are missing and some 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding and landslides hit the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The mayor of the city of Ravenna described the situation as a "full emergency".
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Dozens of women accuse late Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed of sexual assault
• 12:12 AM
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Dozens of women say they were sexually abused by the late businessman Mohamed Al Fayed while working at his London department store Harrods. Lawyers representing the women described their cases as "horrific" and said many were girls when the abuse occure
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