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Speaking to Le Parisien on Thursday evening, Marion Marechal, a former MP for the far-right National Rally (‘Rassemblement national’) party, said she would not be backing her aunt, Marine Le Pen, as she runs for president in April.  Marechal, a darling of the far right who became the country’s youngest …

France should work towards improving its ties with Russia by removing sanctions and pivoting away from American influence, a candidate in the country’s presidential race has declared, as tensions flare across eastern Europe. Speaking as part of an interview with the France 5 television channel on Sunday, Eric Zemmour proposed …

South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol has reiterated his promise to make sure the country develops capabilities to carry out a preemptive strike against North Korea if it opts to put its nuclear weapons to use. Yoon, who is running in the election this March for the country’s People Power …

Journalist and essayist Eric Zemmour, who is running in the 2022 French presidential election, was fined €10,000 ($11,400) on Monday for inciting hatred against migrants on TV.  A Paris court tried Zemmour for the remarks he made on a TV show in September 2020.  While speaking about unaccompanied minors entering …

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has signaled plans to essentially boycott the group that runs US presidential debates, saying GOP voters no longer trust the organization to treat candidates fairly. “The RNC has a duty to ensure that its future presidential nominees have the opportunity to debate their opponents on …

Eric Zemmour, who is running in the 2022 French presidential election, has vowed to stop the “brainwashing” of school students and focus on academic excellence instead.  “Over the past 40 years, our children have been indoctrinated,” Zemmour, an essayist and a political pundit, said on Monday. “Schools can’t be a …

France’s far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has got a major pre-election boost upon welcoming to his ranks prominent conservative lawmaker Guillaume Peltier. Peltier, formerly a member of the National Front and deputy leader of the Republicans party (LR), announced on Sunday that he was withdrawing support for LR nominee Valerie …

A Paraguayan soldier has died after he was run through and gored by an axis deer from India in the gardens of the country’s presidential palace. He was declared dead in a military hospital. Speaking on Tuesday, military spokesman Colonel Victor Urdapilleta said that Sergeant Victor Isasi, 42, died as …

The leader of a French leftist party and presidential hopeful has called for the country to pull out of the NATO alliance, revealing that he regards Russia as a partner for Paris rather than an adversary. The leader of the leftist La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, Jean-Luc Melenchon, shared …

Marine Le Pen, a right-wing contender in the 2022 French presidential election, said the government has attacked the country’s identity and broken the law by hanging an EU flag on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.   “To adorn the Arc de Triomphe with the sole colors of the European Union, …