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government withdraws most of its contested plans for new taxes
The Kenyan government on Tuesday, June 18, removed most of the unpopular new taxes from its 2024-25 budget proposal, particularly on bread and private vehicles, strongly criticized by the population.…
Macron claims to “suspend” the contested electoral reform – L’Express
Emmanuel Macron affirmed, this Wednesday, June 12, to “suspend” the draft constitutional law modifying the electoral body of New Caledonia at the origin of the riots on site, in order…
Emmanuel Macron says he is ready for a referendum on the contested reform of the electorate
In an interview given to the French daily The Parisian on the plane returning from Nouméa, President Emmanuel Macron says he is ready to submit to a referendum the electoral…
President vetoes hotly contested ‘foreign influence’ law
In Georgia, President Salomé Zourabichvili vetoed the very controversial law on “foreign agents”. This is a surprise, as she had hinted that she would use the full legal deadline of…
this new contested project – L’Express
The demonstrators promised a major “educational, festive and artistic hike” against a project to create “the two largest megabasins in France”. More than 5,000 activists according to the organizers, and…
General Déby, head of the junta, wins a contested presidential election – L’Express
He controls the country with an iron fist. General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was declared the winner of the presidential election on Thursday May 9, three years after taking power…
the contested election of a pro-Kurdish elected official in the municipal elections finally validated
An elected official from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party whose election on Sunday March 31 at the head of a large city in eastern Turkey had been invalidated in favor of…
In India, the country’s richest family launches a huge contested animal center
The Ambani family, at the head of the largest private group in India, has just opened an animal center comprising thousands of rare and “rescued” animals from around the world.…
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto wins contested presidential election
Current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who claimed victory on election day on February 14, won the presidential election in Indonesia in the first round while his main rival, Anies Baswedan,…
The European Green Deal contested by endive producers
The European Green Deal is contested by some of the continent’s farmers, and now by endive and chicory producers. These vegetables are grown in the Netherlands, Belgium and especially in…