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Every year thousands of farmers convene in the French capital for a nine-day exhibition of livestock, produce and farming tools. The event attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors and is an essential stop for France’s top politicians Can farming really be that exciting, we take a closer look as to why this competition attracts Frances premier politicians and influencers. Why is Paris’ annual agriculture show such a big deal in France?

Israel was still in shock Friday after the revelation that one of the bodies purportedly belonging to four dead hostages being returned by Hamas was in fact an unknown woman. Hamas later handed over what they said was the correct body of deceased hostage Shiri Bibas to the Red Cross.  Israelis in shock after confusion around release of hostage Shiri Bibas' body

In tonight’s edition, Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason on Friday. Also, Our focus tonight is on education; we talk to South Africa Basic Education Minister Siviwe Garube.  And artists are paying tribute to the work of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. The artist invented a syllabary for the Ivorian Bété’s people’s language.  Uganda moves opposition figure's treason trial to civil court

Friedrich Merz panders to women and realises the potential of female electorate in Germany. The man most likely to secure the top job and lead Europe’s largest economy is, if polling proves accurate, Friedrich Merz. The leader of the CDU should win by a comfortable lead, but there’s a glaring issue facing Merz has a woman problem. Friedrich Merz panders to women Desperate to make amends and appeal to the female voter, Friedrich Merz panders to women to stem the flow of his party’s diminishing influence over the female voters, with a lot of his female Berlin voter base moving…

What role will women voters in Berlin 2025 election play? Does it matter? well maybe just a little bit, since they make u more than 50% of the German population. Germany is a nervous and conservative country but just a little bit curious as well, one would say the burden of their history is weighing them down. They had leaders like Angela Merkel, women in Germany are far more active socially and politically on the grassroots level, but their voice in the Bundestag is underrepresented especially on the most pressing issue the German election gender gap. Why is Berlin important…

The election is less than 48 hours away and there are lots of mini battles taking place right across Germany. Bavaria role in 2025 German election is instrumental because Bavaria is a key political battleground dominated by the traditional Conservative-Christian party, the CSU. However, in recent years, the party’s stronghold on the battleground state has been tested by the rise of the AfD. The far-right political rise or comeback has been quick and notable, and many looking ahead to Sunday’s 2025 German Federal Election will be asking if the key Baravia political battleground state might be up for grabs in…

The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD in Bavaria for the 2025 German elections is no surprise, they’ve been canvassing hard, but realistically, can they win it? The short answer is No! Whilst the “Alternative für Deutschland” AfD popularity in Bavaria is growing, at present the CSU remains the dominant force. But I wouldn’t be too quick to write off the far-right rise in Bavaria. The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD in Bavaria All indications suggest the AfD might follow a similar path to the UK’s Reform Party. The party will be lurking in the shadows, looking to reel in any…

The PSOE has proposed to sanction with up to 30 days of employment and salary to officials who unjustifiably miss work, show carelessness or breaches in the exercise of their functions or unjustly breach their work schedule, among other reasons. Thus it follows from one of the amendments that the Socialist Group has submitted to for the bill of the Public Function of the State Administration, published in July in the Official Gazette of the General Courts and whose period of presentation of amendments has ended This same week. In the text that includes the 37 amendments provided by the…

“Lamsa means ‘touch’ in Arabic, and its heart is in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon,” founder and creative director Natalie Garland told me when I asked where her community-based fashion brand, Lamsagot its name from. “But why LAMSA as the name, and why the Bekaa Valley as the focus?” I responded. With smiles on both our faces, Natalie, during an hour-long conversation, explained the full story. A movement beyond aid Born and raised in New York City, Natalie moved to Lebanon in 2019 to engage in grassroots activism after spending a few years in Geneva’s top-down aid/research sector. Around that time,…

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