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The poultry crisis is forcing luxury restaurants in France to remove foie gras from the menu or serve only small portions. “We have had less foie gras for a month, and not at all this week”, said for example this weekend the owner and chef of the restaurant Le 1862. CNN† The restaurant in south-west France, which has a Michelin …

“We need to simplify our work and clarify our goals,” Macron said. “The current rules and agreements are not intended to address the historic crisis of today and tomorrow.” If it belongs to the French president, member states will relinquish power by, for example, removing veto rights in foreign policy, and Brussels will be given new powers. France, currently president …

At least 35 people, including a baby, have been killed in an attack on a gold mine in Congo. The local authorities inform the AFP press agency. The attack took place in the province of Ituri, in the northeast of the country. Mayor Bikilisende of Mongbwalu Municipality says 29 bodies have since been removed from the mine. Six other burned …

Sinn Féin, with its nationalist and Irish Catholic supporters, won at least 27 of the 90 seats in parliament. The rival Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of pro-British Protestants lost and has 24 MPs. The last time, the gap between the two parties was one seat, in favor of the DUP (27 against 28). The Centre-Liberal Alliance won big, rising from …

Russian gas company Gazprom has tried to reassure European customers that they can still buy gas without violating sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. This is according to a letter from Gazprom to customers, which was seen by the Bloomberg news agency. Photo by Maksim Konstantinov / SOPA Images/Sipa USA In the letter, Gazprom writes that a new …

As part of the Paramaribo Urban Rehabilitation Program (PURP), a presentation was given on Friday by ILACO NV. The engineering company ILACO NV in Suriname was attracted by the Directorate of Culture to develop a strategy for organizing the parking policy in the historic city center of Paramaribo. This activity is part of PURP’s activities to “bring life back” to …

Citizens across the UK headed to the polls on Thursday. Municipal elections were held in most of the country, but general elections were held in Northern Ireland. These elections are complicated, due to strong tensions between the different parties. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has always been the largest in recent years, is Protestant and unionist. This means that …

First a coalition And it remains to be seen if the party can get off to a quick start. For the Good Friday Agreement stipulates that the two largest parties – a unionist party and a nationalist party – are obliged to share power and provide the prime minister and deputy prime minister. One party must therefore cooperate with the …

A former Colorado police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison for the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia. The elderly woman suffered a broken arm, sprained wrist and dislocated shoulder during the arrest. Karen Garner visited a grocery store in Loveland in June 2020 where she purchased items for $14. However, according to her lawyer, …

Sinn Féin received the most votes in the Northern Ireland election after the first round, reports the BBC. The party in favor of the reunification of Ireland, with 29% of the vote, is well ahead of the second strongest party, the pro-British DUP, which obtained 21.3% of the vote. In previous elections, the difference between the two parties was only …