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President-elect Donald Trump met Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election. The meeting was confirmed by a person who insisted on anonymity to discuss an event that hadn’t yet been announced publicly. The person said the […]
Forty years after they began the task – and nearly four hundred years after receiving their first commission – sages in Paris have finally produced a new edition of the definitive French dictionary. The full ninth edition of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française was formally presented to President Macron this afternoon in the plush surroundings […]
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has vowed to safeguard his country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea, after signing a cooperation agreement with China that appeared to recognize Beijing’s controversial claim over the strategic seaway. Prabowo’s comments come in response to question from the press in Washington, where he is currently at the tail end of […]
11 Claudia Sheinbaum congratulates López Obrador on his birthday and dedicates the ‘mañanitas’ to him The head of State took the opportunity to send an emotional message to the Mexican politician from the National Palace, in which she described him as the “main political leader of the 21st century”. Before finishing the morning conference this […]
Just 250 meters off the southern coast of Espiritu Santo lies a Second World War wreck at a convenient depth for recreational diving. Not only that, the wreck is large, and almost completely intact, making it regarded as one of the best wreck dives in the world. This sunken ship is the SS President Coolidge, […]
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered the arrest in absentia of International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou on charges of “unlawful detention.” Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled to place Alapini-Gansou in pre-trial detention for two months from the date of her extradition to Russia. Alapini-Gansou is the second ICC judge in less than a week to […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game. The presidential office said on Tuesday that Yoon began practising the game for the first time in eight years in preparation for a possible round of golf […]
Article content The Parti Québécois announced Tuesday evening that its president, Catherine Gentilcore, will be the party’s candidate in a byelection in Terrebonne riding, vacated by Pierre Fitzgibbon on Sept. 5. A race for the nomination must still take place, but Gentilcore already has the endorsement of leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who will officially present […]
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is practising golf – for the first time in eight years – in preparation for future meetings with US president-elect Donald Trump, Yoon’s office has confirmed. South Korean media said Yoon had visited a golf course on Saturday for a sport his office said he had last played in […]