The former US president told candidate Eric Zemmour “not to give in,” according to campaign staff French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour spoke with former US President Donald Trump on Monday. The latter advised him to “stay courageous,” according to Zemmour’s campaign manager. Guillaume Peltier, the vice-chairman of Zemmour’s ‘Reconquete’ movement, told France 2 television on […]
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Special-ops personnel probed for backing ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest
Canada’s Special Operations Forces Command says it won’t tolerate its members taking part in vaccine-mandate protests Three members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces have been investigated by the military after they allegedly expressed support for ongoing vaccine-mandate protests that have gripped Ottawa for two weeks, the command said in a statement on Sunday. “I […]
Number of French people backing leader who won’t ‘worry’ about elections revealed
Almost 40% of respondents would like to see “a strong man” as head of state The number of French people supporting the political right has grown significantly over the last five years, according to a poll by OpinionWay for Cevipof. The survey, conducted between December 23, 2021 and January 10, 2022, saw 32% of respondents […]
Twitter suspends accounts backing ex-dictator’s son
Platform disables hundreds of accounts that promoted the Philippine presidential election campaign of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Twitter has shut down more than 300 accounts that the platform says were promoting Filipino presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the notorious dictator who was deposed in the country’s ‘People Power’ movement of 1986. The tech giant […]
Florida official placed on leave over backing vaccines at work
The state’s Department of Health placed the official on leave after he called his employees’ low vaccination rate “pathetic” and urged them to get the jab. The Florida Department of Health has suspended one of its top officials over an email in which he criticized his employees for their vaccine hesitancy. The department is probing […]
Military fires ‘live bullets’ at protesters backing civilian government, information ministry says, after forces stage coup
Tens of thousands have taken to streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the city of Omdurman, after troops arrested the prime minister in a coup. The Ministry of Information claims troops have fired on pro-government protesters. The streets of Khartoum and Omdurman were full of protesters on Monday after the Ministry of Information relayed a […]
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero convicted on terror-related charges for backing rebel group while in exile
67-year-old Paul Rusesabagina has been convicted by a Rwandan court of being part of the MRCD-FLN “terror group,” which killed nine civilians in an a 2018 attack, backing the group while he was in exile. Announcing the guilty verdict, Judge Beatrice Mukamurenzi declared that Rusesabagina and the other 19 defendants should “be found guilty” over […]






