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EthCC[7] the annual Ethereum Community Conference began in Brussels, Belgium. Having moved from Paris this year, the Ethereum community was out in full force to attend at an all new venue.

When it comes to France’s turbulent politics, the current impasse is probably the best investors could have hoped for. The second round of French legislative elections delivered a widely expected hung parliament, but not its predicted makeup: Rather than coming in first, Marine Le Pen’s far-right and anti-immigrant National Rally finished third. In a shock twist, the leftist New Popular Front alliance emerged victorious, with the party of President Emmanuel Macron and its allies in second place.

French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections

Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged his performance during last Thursday's presidential debate wasn't his best, but blamed it on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier in June. Biden has faced mounting questions about his 2024 reelection bid after last week's shaky debate performance, with one House of Representatives fellow Democrat on Tuesday publicly calling on him to withdraw from the race. Speaking at a campaign event in McLean, Virginia, on Tuesday evening, Biden admitted the debate against former President Donald Trump, his Republican rival, did not go well.

The perfect European, or so the sarcastic quip goes, should drive like a Frenchman, cook like the Dutch, be as organised as the Greeks and as humorous as a German. A variant of the joke might haunt those trying to devise the perfect ally for Ukraine as it fends off Russian aggression. Imagine a country the size of Latvia, with the budget problems of the hard-up Italians, the willingness to pitch in of Kremlin-loving Hungarians and the arms industry of neutral Ireland.

When California’s minimum wage increase went into effect in April, fast food workers across the state went from making $16 to $20 overnight

PARIS : France’s elections have produced a fractious parliament that threatens an unprecedented period of political paralysis, revealing a country that is deeply split along lines of class, geography and religion. No party came close to a majority, and the lawmakers elected Sunday are now grouped into blocs with profound differences. The New Popular Front, an alliance of leftist parties that won the most seats in parliament, is a diverse coalition whose most powerful faction is a polarizing, far-left party, France Unbowed.

The second round of the high-stakes legislative election on Sunday will almost certainly impact how much say France's president has in the fields of defense and foreign affairs

China’s Commerce Ministry has announced it will launch an investigation into whether unfair trade practices were adopted by the European Union in its probe of Chinese companies

Catherine de’ Medici’s captivating saga continues with the premiere of «The Serpent Queen» season 2 which aired on STARZ on July 12 at 8 p.m. ET.

Consider a country whose economy has suffered due to years of lower productivity growth than its peers, high inequality and low private investment. To compound its problems, it is not part of dynamic free-trade zones, which would lower its tariffs, push its industry to be more competitive and reduce friction for goods crossing borders. This is the huge to-do-list that Keir Starmer faces as the new Prime Minister of UK, but it is also more or less the challenge that New Delhi confronts.

stocks inched higher on Monday as investors grew more confident about a September U.S. rate cut, while the euro grappled with political uncertainty as French elections pointed to a hung parliament. In France, a leftist alliance unexpectedly took top spot ahead of the far right, a major upset that was set to prevent Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) from running the government.

Britain heads to the polls Thursday, and talk about another election gamble that hasn’t paid off. In the same way President Biden hoped Americans wouldn’t notice his age and Emmanuel Macron assumed the French would rebuff the insurgent right, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak thought—wrongly—that a summer election would focus voters on his virtues. In the event, voters still are trying to figure out what those virtues are supposed to be.

Rishi Sunak's campaign to remain Britain's prime minister showed a lack of political touch. The Conservative Party's problems were grave before Friday's resounding election defeat but missteps by Britain's richest prime minister contributed to its defeat. Predecessors such as Tony Blair and Boris Johnson were more politically astute and able to connect with voters. As for Sunak, he didn't have to call the election until Jan. 2025. He defied political advice by doing so in May — with Conservative support dwindling steadily amid an economic slump, ethics scandals and a revolving door of leaders over the last two years — and announced the July 4 date in the pouring rain.

HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra was conferred France's highest civilian honor, the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour), the company said on Monday. The award, which is conferred for outstanding service to France, recognised Nadar Malhotra’s business and sustainability contributions and efforts to promote economic ties between France and India, HCLTech said.

Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal had something in common in the past 24 hours: Both the players scored for their respective national teams to take them to the finals, one being Copa America 2024, with the other being Euro Cup 2024. Yamal, in fact set a world record for being the youngest player ever to score a goal at the Euro championship history. He achieved this feat after scoring an equalizing goal for Spain and putting them back in the game after they were lagging by a goal, scored by France in the ninth minute itself. As 16-years-old Yamal entered the history books, pictures of him with Lionel Messi surfaced on social media but they came with a rather sweet twist. The picture that is viral on social media shows Lionel Messi in his young era bathing a baby Yamal, which has created an aww moment for all football fans around the globe. Also Read: Found Season 2: When and where you can watch the new chapter? Release date & time

US jobs data due Friday for clues on Federal Reserve rate cuts. Tokyo’s Topix index touched another record, before slipping. The moves followed gains for European shares, led by French equities. US stock futures were little changed in Asia after markets were closed Thursday for a holiday.

BBC has acquired Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's TV thriller "Sambre — Anatomy of a Crime," a series based on true events and focusing on a serial rapist's decades-long reign of terror.

Euro Cup 2024 is currently on a cliffhanger with a lot of calculations, analysis and predictions to yield results. This edition of the Euro Cup 2024 has seen it all, from high intensity group stage matches to major upsets, along with some more action between top footballing nations of Europe in the quarter finals and semifinals.

After a blockbuster six months, the sale of emerging-market bonds in hard currencies is set to slow down sharply in a second-half that’s littered with political risk.

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo