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François Hollande urges compromise on wealth tax to save France’s fragile government
PARIS (Realist English). Former French president François Hollande said on Thursday that his Socialist Party (PS) is ready to compromise...
French Socialists threaten to topple Lecornu government over tax on the wealthy
PARIS (Realist English). France’s Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure has warned that his party will move to bring down Prime...
French wealthy move billions abroad amid political instability and tax fears
PARIS (Realist English). French entrepreneurs and wealthy families are moving record sums of money out of the country, pouring capital...
Bernard Arnault’s fortune jumps $19 billion as LVMH shares surge after strong earnings
PARIS (Realist English). French luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, saw his net...
French prime minister freezes Macron’s pension reform to save 2026 budget and avert political collapse
PARIS (Realist English). French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced a suspension of President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform, in...
France’s reappointed PM Sébastien Lecornu calls for calm and unity amid deep political rifts
PARIS (Realist English). Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed as France’s prime minister on Friday night after a week of political chaos, urged...
Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister to steer France through political crisis
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation,...
EU braces for fallout from France’s political crisis as Macron’s government collapses
BRUSSELS (Realist English). France’s deepening political paralysis is fueling concern across Europe that a prolonged crisis could weaken the eurozone’s...
France faces political crossroads after Lecornu’s resignation: dissolution or early presidential vote?
PARIS (Realist English). Following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government, France is entering uncharted political...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei calls for unity and vows continued resistance
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s newly appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei delivered his first public address...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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