French President Emmanuel Macron called for a humanitarian pause in Israel’s operations against Hamas, the Actor’s union reached a deal with studios and a Spanish politician was taken to the hospital after being shot in Madrid. Madeline Mussay has today’s News in :90.
Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation. Protesters disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris’ main airport and police fired clouds of tear gas in other French cities as people marched in a new round of strikes and nationwide demonstrations Thursday seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthslong firestorm of public anger. Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting, an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil War.
Protests against French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age. The North Dakota supreme court ruled that a state abortion ban will remain blocked. Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400-thousand gallons of radioactive water from XCEL energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences. The French leader is using his visit to Washington to sharply criticize aspects of his ally’s signature climate law as a bad deal for Europe.
French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term Sunday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for compromise in negotiations to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, and Organizers of a vigil for four slain family members lit up their Duluth house with Christmas lights. Jack Taverna has today’s News in :90.
President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen will face off in a French presidential debate Wednesday evening, the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine and 20 positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending April 17. Bella Bot has today’s News in :90.
Russian President President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine — a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that his country could invade Ukraine at any moment and use skirmishes as a pretext for an attack.
