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Le Pen suspends presidential bid

The right-wing candidate is struggling to obtain sponsorship from local leaders National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen has suspended her campaign for the French presidency as she is struggling to obtain enough support from local leaders, her spokesman said on Tuesday. Le Pen’s press conference on Wednesday concerning education has been cancelled, as has her […]

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Facebook reveals anti-disinfo tool for presidential election

Meta announced Agence France-Presse (AFP) will act as its fact-checking and disinformation watchdog Weeks before the first round of France’s presidential election, US tech giant Meta has announced a set of new initiatives for combating “misinformation” on the platforms it owns, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.  The initiatives are meant to boost “media literacy” in […]

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Trump gives backing to French presidential hopeful

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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Presidential candidate makes ‘Great Replacement’ comment

France’s Valerie Pecresse later said she had only used anti-immigration rhetoric to show voters “another path is possible” Conservative French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse has come under fire for using language linked to the far right and making references to border walls and the ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory at her first major campaign rally on […]

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Presidential candidate’s adviser accused of raping male teen intern

Events director of France’s Eric Zemmour has called allegations a ‘slanderous denunciation’ A senior adviser to the French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been accused of raping a teenage male intern. He vehemently denies the allegation. According to France Info, referring to a source close to the case, a complaint against Olivier Ubéda was […]

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Presidential candidate doubles down after racial hatred verdict

Zemmour insisted that underage foreigners do not constitute a race French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has refused to take back his comments about unaccompanied underage migrants that got him fined by a court for inciting racial hatred. He insists underage migrants are “not a race.”  Speaking to BFM TV on Tuesday, the polemicist-cum-politician slammed a […]

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Presidential candidate doubles down on war threat against North Korea

A conservative nominee from South Korea’s main opposition party believes that peace can only be achieved through “overwhelming power” South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol has reiterated his promise to make sure the country develops capabilities to carry out a preemptive strike against North Korea if it opts to put its nuclear weapons to use. […]

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Presidential candidate makes free hair loss treatment his campaign pledge

One in five South Koreans suffer from balding, according to the country’s Democratic Party The South Korean ruling party’s presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is trying to win the hearts and heads of voters going into the March election by promising to include hair loss treatment in the national health insurance plan. Helping those “suffering from […]

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GOP to bar its candidates from presidential debates

Disgruntled over debate commission’s refusal to enact reforms, Republican Party says its contenders won’t participate unless its demands are met The Republican National Committee (RNC) has signaled plans to essentially boycott the group that runs US presidential debates, saying GOP voters no longer trust the organization to treat candidates fairly. “The RNC has a duty […]

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Far-right presidential candidate gets unexpected ally

A prominent MP quits the Republicans to help ‘bring together’ all the French right-wing voters France’s far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has got a major pre-election boost upon welcoming to his ranks prominent conservative lawmaker Guillaume Peltier. Peltier, formerly a member of the National Front and deputy leader of the Republicans party (LR), announced on […]