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A festivalgoer (L) gives her proxy for the second round of France's legislative elections at a dedicated counter to assist festival-goers establish a voting proxy at a national gendarmerie office set up at the festival campsite during the 34rd edition of the Eurockeennes de Belfort rock music festival in Sermamagny, eastern France on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)

France braces for crunch election

France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to give the far right its biggest-ever presence
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Saudi beheaded for murder

A Saudi convicted of shooting dead a compatriot was beheaded on Sunday, bringing to 35 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year. Mahdi Khalaf al-Shamrani was found
9 years ago

US sex abuse suspect detained in Brazil

POLICE in Brazil have arrested an American man suspected of sexually assaulting young women while running a religious group in Minnesota. Victor Barnard was detained on Friday after police raided a flat
9 years ago