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French PM Michel Barnier resigns after losing no-confidence vote | World News

5Dec

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French PM Michel Barnier resigns after losing no-confidence vote | World News

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned after losing a vote of no confidence just three months into the job.Mr Barnier visited President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee on Thursday to give his resignation after far-right and left-wing politicians joined forces to back a no-confidence motion in him and his government. The vote took place after Mr Barnier, formerly the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, used special powers to force a social security budget through the country's lower house of parliament without a final vote.Barnier latest: Emmanuel Macron to give national address Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:37 ...

Young people involved in one-fifth of Australian terrorism cases, intelligence chief says

5Dec

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Young people involved in one-fifth of Australian terrorism cases, intelligence chief says

By Kirsty Needham, Reuters Five Eyes intelligence partners were being warned about the radicalisation of young "digital natives". Photo: CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY One in five priority counter-terrorism cases investigated by Australia involved youth, the country's spy chief said on Friday, as the Five Eyes intelligence partners warned about the radicalisation of young "digital natives". Mental health, education and social services needed to intervene in many cases before the behaviour of minors became a police issue, said a research paper by the Five Eyes, which also include the US, Canada, Britain and New Zealand. "Around 20 percent of ASIO's priority counter-terrorism cases involve young people. In every one of the terrorist attacks, disruptions and suspected terrorist incide...

Boissonnault says he came up with confusing ‘non-status adopted Cree’ term

5Dec

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Boissonnault says he came up with confusing ‘non-status adopted Cree’ term

Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that he came up with the term “non-status adopted Cree,” contradicting previous statements where he said an Indigenous researcher provided him with the identifier. The former cabinet minister’s office claimed in mid-November that the term was “explained to him by an Indigenous researcher” while Boissonnault, who was adopted, researched his family lineage.“It was an explanation of his adoptive family’s Indigenous history as they understood it at the time,” Alice Hansen, Boissonnault’s director of communications, wrote in a statement on Nov. 13.But at a House of Commons committee Thursday morning, Boissonnault said he created the term himself.“I came up with the term ‘non-status adopted Cree’ because I thought i...

France’s Macron hunts for new prime minister as Michel Barnier resigns

5Dec

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France’s Macron hunts for new prime minister as Michel Barnier resigns

By Dominique Vidalon and Lucien Libert, Reuters Photo: AFP / POOL / JEANNE ACCORSINI French President Emmanuel Macron met allies and parliament leaders as he sought to swiftly appoint a new prime minister to replace Michel Barnier, who officially resigned a day after opposition lawmakers voted to topple his government. Barnier, a veteran conservative whom Macron appointed prime minister barely three months ago, became the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history after he failed to find enough support for a budget aimed at taming a wide deficit. The Elysee Palace said Macron had asked Barnier and his government to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed. Three sources told Reuters that Macron aimed to appoint a replacement swiftly, with one sa...

Calin Georgescu: The ex-soil scientist who rose to prominence on TikTok and is on course to be Romania’s next president | World News

5Dec

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Calin Georgescu: The ex-soil scientist who rose to prominence on TikTok and is on course to be Romania’s next president | World News

A former soil scientist, who rose to prominence on TikTok, looks set to be elected Romania's president this weekend.Populist candidate Calin Georgescu - who doesn't believe in COVID or man-made climate change, and wants to pursue peace in Ukraine - tells Sky News accusations his sudden rise to success had been orchestrated by Russia are not true. His critics allege links with Vladimir Putin - but he tells me "no, nothing zero", and says the Russian leader "is a patriot and a leader but I am not a fan of Mr Putin".He says he is happy for Romania to be a member of both the European Union and NATO, but says he would not support Romania going to war. "We are all for peace," he says.Before politics, the 62-year-old - who holds a doctorate in pedology, a branch of soil science - worked in Romani...

Mumbai doctors treat man suffering for two years from rare swallowing disorder

5Dec

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Mumbai doctors treat man suffering for two years from rare swallowing disorder

In a remarkable achievement, a team led by Dr Megraj Ingle in Mumbai, has successfully treated a 61-year-old man suffering from a rare and complex swallowing disorder, Achalasia. The patient, who had been struggling with severe difficulty swallowing for two years, found relief through an innovative treatment approach. This successful treatment not only brought immense relief to the patient but also improved his overall health. Two years ago, Suhas R. Mungaker, a resident of Mumbai experienced hiccups while eating which he initially dismissed as something everyone goes through. As time passed, he started to feel a sensation of gagging and the impression that food was getting stuck in his throat. To alleviate this, he would drink water and then attempt to eat again after a brief pause. Ev...

Syrian rebels seize key city of Hama in latest blow for Bashar al Assad | World News

5Dec

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Syrian rebels seize key city of Hama in latest blow for Bashar al Assad | World News

Syrian rebels have captured the central city of Hama in the latest blow to President Bashar al Assad.The Syrian army said it had withdrawn and taken up positions outside the city to protect civilians, hours after opposition fighters said they were marching towards its centre. The insurgents said they had entered Syria's fourth-largest city on Thursday after days of intense fighting with government forces on its outskirts. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:51 Air strikes hit Hama as rebels advance The fall of Hama...

Syrian rebels capture second major city as army withdraws from Hama

5Dec

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Syrian rebels capture second major city as army withdraws from Hama

By Mostafa Salem and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Rebels seize vehicles in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, in northwest Syria. Photo: AFP/ Rami Alsayed Syria's army says it is withdrawing from Hama, a symbolic and strategically important central city, marking a second major gain for a newly formed rebel coalition that also captured Aleppo last week. "Over the past few hours, with the intensification of confrontations between our soldiers and terrorist groups and the rise of a number of martyrs in our ranks, these groups were able to penetrate several parts of the city and entered it," the Syrian military said in a statement carried by state news outlet SANA. Rebels said they freed hundreds of those "wrongfully detained" from the central prison. Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, was recaptu...

5Dec

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Young people involved in one-fifth of Australian terrorism cases, intelligence chief says

By Kirsty Needham, Reuters Research by the 'Five Eyes' intelligence partners is warning about the radicalisation of young "digital natives". (File image) Photo: AFP / Jaque Silva One in five priority counter-terrorism cases investigated by Australia involved youth, the country's spy chief says, as the "Five Eyes" intelligence partners warn about the radicalisation of young "digital natives". Mental health, education and social services needed to intervene in many cases before the behaviour of minors became a police issue, said a research paper by the Five Eyes, which also include the U.S., Canada, Britain and New Zealand. "Around 20% of ASIO's priority counter-terrorism cases involve young people. In every one of the terrorist attacks, disruptions and suspected terrorist incidents in...

Elton John says he’s lost his eyesight, unable to see his own musical – National

5Dec

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Elton John says he’s lost his eyesight, unable to see his own musical – National

Elton John has revealed that he’s physically unable to see the new musical for which he wrote the music, saying that he has lost the majority of his eyesight after suffering an eye infection. The singer-songwriter attended the opening night of The Devil Wears Prada in London on Sunday.“I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight. So it’s hard for me to see it. But I love to hear it and boy it sounded good tonight,” he told the audience from the stage, while thanking his husband David Furnish, “who has been my rock.”In September, John revealed that a severe eye infection he contracted in France over the summer had left him with “only limited vision” in one eye and totally without eyesight in the other. Story continues below adver...