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France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a news conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region in Pau, France January 13, 2020. Guillaume Horcajuelo/Pool via Reuters

Politics

Macron tasks French PM with new talks to form 'government of action'

File Photo: Britain's Prime Minster Boris Johnson. Frank Augstein/ Pool via Reuters

Politics

UK PM Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s

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Politics

UK may target more emerging nations with steel quotas - Sunday Telegraph

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech in virtual format at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The conflict in Ukraine has "sounded an alarm for humanity," Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Wednesday, as China continues to assume a position of neutrality while backing its ally Russia. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua via AP)

World+Biz

Western sanctions are 'weaponising' world economy: Xi Jinping

Protesters march to demand President Guillermo Lasso address price increases for fuel, food and other basics which have ignited 10 days of demonstrations across the country, in Quito, Ecuador June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

World+Biz

Thousands march in Quito after night of Ecuador protest violence

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to take questions in parliament, in London, Britain June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Politics

From north to south, UK PM Johnson faces prospect of bruising by-election defeats

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after a joint statement with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 1, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Politics

Emmanuel Macron learns the art of compromising the hard way

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), member of parliament and leader of left-wing coalition New Ecologic and Social People's Union (NUPES) speaks after early results following the second round of French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Politics

French left pulls off election gamble, but unity going forward not so easy

Vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, waves to her supporters during the first day of campaign period for the 2022 presidential election, at the Philippine Arena, in Bocaue, Bulacan province, Philippines, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Politics

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippines vice president

Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro hugs his candidate for Vice-President Francia Marquez of the Historic Pact coalition after Petro's victory in the second round of the presidential election, at the Movistar Arena, in Bogota, Colombia June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Politics

Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president

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South Asia

Nationwide protests in Pakistan against rising inflation

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a news conference at the end of a special meeting of the European Council in light of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, February 25, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Europe

French election: Macron loses absolute majority in parliament in 'democratic shock'

File photo. Official campaign posters of French President and centrist LREM party candidate for re-election, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) are displayed at France Affichage Plus dispatch hub in Mitry-Mory, outside Paris, France, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Politics

Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament as France votes