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The Republican Party in the US has filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of seeking to lead the upcoming US election. According to the Conservative Party, Google has deleted election advertisements sent by email, a few weeks before the mid-term elections, which will take place on November …

The famous little wizard Harry Potter will appear on a series of coins in the United Kingdom, including one of 50 pence, the British organization responsible for printing money and banknotes, Royal Mint revealed. “Royal Mint launches a collection of sorcerous coins to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter …

A plane carrying Caroline Cayeux, the French Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, among its passengers, went off the runway during its landing at the Paris airport. Caroline Cayeux, the minister indicated that there were no injuries. “More fear than harm”, she stressed before thanking the firemen …

Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Thursday, becoming the most short-lived Prime Minister in history, with 44 days in office. In place for just six weeks, Liz Truss’ situation in Downing Street has seemed increasingly untenable in recent days. This decision automatically leads …

A handful of Quebec deputies newly elected in provincial elections refused Wednesday to pledge allegiance to King Charles III, head of state of Canada, as required by the Constitution. Eleven members of the Quebec Solidaire (QS) party (left) took the oath in a speech broadcast on television “towards the people …

Madagascar’s president has sacked his foreign minister, Richard Randriamandrato, for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russia’s annexation of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing two sources in the president’s office. Last Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn what it called Russia’s …

The number of cholera contaminations continues to increase in Haiti, according to a new bulletin from the Ministry of Public Health obtained on Tuesday. The new figures fuel fears of a new disaster in this country already plunged into a humanitarian and security crisis. As of Monday, 606 suspected and …

A fight between Nigerian and Indian students at GD Goenka University in the capital, New Delhi, sparked by a football match last weekend has caused panic in Nigeria. The incident forced more than 60 Nigerians to flee and take refuge at the country’s embassy. The chairwoman of the Nigerians in …

George Floyd’s family is considering legal action after “Kanye West’s misrepresentation of the cause of his death,” as human rights lawyer Lee Merritt tweeted on Sunday. “Pretending that Floyd died of fentanyl and not brutality, established criminally and civilly, undermines and belittles the fight of the Floyd family,” he wrote. …

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday pledged to invest $1.2 billion to help eradicate polio from the planet once and for all, at an international health conference in Berlin. “The eradication of polio is within reach. But the disease remains a threat (…)”, estimated Bill Gates, co-president of …