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Voice of America 

Former French President Sarkozy flags chaos risk as election looms

Paris — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected decision to dissolve the National Assembly and call for snap legislative elections could backfire and plunge the country into chaos. Macron called the snap vote, to be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, after his centrist alliance was trounced by the far-right National Rally (RN) in last Sunday's European Parliament ballot. Sarkozy, the conservative former president who was in office... Читать дальше...

Business Standard 

No need to teach about riots, demolition in schools: NCERT director Saklani

Rejecting accusations of saffronisation of school curriculum, NCERT's director has said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots "can create violent and depressed citizens." In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters here on Saturday, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said the tweaks in textbooks are part of annual revision and should not be a subject of hue and cry. Читать дальше...

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights

Anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using a range of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives that are intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall. The tactics include attempts to get signatures removed from initiative petitions and legislative pushes for competing ballot measures that could confuse voters. And there also are monthslong delays caused by legal battles over ballot initiative language. The strategies... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Recovery and interest rate cuts won’t be enough to win Sunak the election - The Guardian

  1. Recovery and interest rate cuts won’t be enough to win Sunak the election  The Guardian
  2. Tories heading for 'warfare', Farage predicts, as ex-Cabinet minister pleads with voters to 'unite the right'  Sky News
  3. Britain's July 4 election is fast approaching. Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune  The Independent
  4. Tories face 'electoral extinction' with support at lowest since Theresa May's final days  The Telegraph
  5. How the Tories lost their way ... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Farmer's partner says officer who rammed cow in police car should be sacked - Sky News

  1. Farmer's partner says officer who rammed cow in police car should be sacked  Sky News
  2. Watch: Cow hit by police car gets to its feet  BBC
  3. Surrey police face criticism after using car to ram escaped cow  The Guardian
  4. Police ram cow with car prompting Home Secretary to demand explanation  The Telegraph
  5. Disturbing footage of police car ramming cow condemned by home secretary  The Independent

Lagosstate.gov.ng 

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was represented by the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka as Special Guest at the Adire Lagos Exhibition organized by Ecobank Plc at the Ecobank Pan African Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday

Other dignitaries at the event included the Commissioner For Energy, Mr Biodun Ogunleye, Special Adviser on e – GIS, and Urban Development, Dr Olajide Abiodun Babatunde and the Special Adviser on SDGs, Dr Oreoluwa Finnih.