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Now that the long, ridiculous campaign for "Hamilton Electors" to flip the presidential election has ended, so has the debate about why the Electoral College exists. For our collective sanity, this is a good thing - rarely are debates less edifying and more circular than this one.
Valls hopes to unite the S... . Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, now candidate for the socialist party primary election, smiles during the inauguration of his campaign headquarters, Wednesday Dec. 14, 2016, in Paris.
We all need things to read other than articles where liberals and the left yell at each other over the election, depressing election post-mortems, and pieces describing the horrors to come. So how about some good reading on the colonial booze trade? In 1713, because of the lobbying of the powerful brandy producers frantic at having lost the British market during the War of Spanish Succession, a law was passed in France making it illegal to either produce or import distilled alcohol made from anything but wine, a law that stayed in effect for most of the eighteenth century.
The head of the Operation Sophia said Wednesday the training program expects to see Liby... . In this image taken from video, a bus carrying migrants leaves the migrant camp in Calais France Wednesday Nov. 2, 2016.
Trimble has announced that Delair-Tech has acquired its Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System engineering and manufacturing business. Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial inspection and asset management applications headquartered in Toulouse, France.
Tourists protect themselves from the rain under umbrellas in front of the Eiffel tower as they visit the French capital during summer holidays in Paris, France July 19, 2011. Photo: Reuters/Eric Gaillard/File Photo A global agreement to combat climate change will take force after support from European nations sent the accord across an important threshold on Wednesday, prompting US President Barack Obama to hail it as a "historic day" for protecting the planet.
Kim Kardashian thought she was going to be raped when several masked robbers broke into the Paris apartment where she was lying in bed with only a robe on Sunday night. According to TMZ , "Kim saw at least one masked man and another wearing a police hat through a sliding glass door," from her bed.
Heavy machinery and construction workers are seen along a motorway stretch in Calais as work continues to build a wall to secure the approach to the city from migrants trying to reach Britain, Calais, France. - REUTERS The fuss over measures to prevent illegal migration seems as out of touch with popular sentiments as it is with political platforms championing these measures.
Armed French soldiers patrol in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, December 30, 2015, as a security alert continues during the Christmas and New Year holiday season following the November shooting attacks in the French capital. REUTERS/Charles Platiau French police have arrested a man on its terror watch list after his car was found packed with seven gas cylinders next to the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
"has dealt a serious and clearly illegal blow to fundamental liberties such as the freedom of movement, freedom of conscience and personal liberty." They found that no evidence produced in favour of the prohibition proved a risk to public order was being caused by "the outfits worn by some people to go swimming".
This is the sort of cosmetic assimilation you worry about when you're at a loss as to how to engineer the more meaningful variety. Call it "blunt-force assimilation" if you like.
The mere mention of "drones" and "airports" in the same sentence is likely to cause those managing such sites to immediately break into a cold sweat . Data released by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year revealed nearly 600 reports of quadcopters and other remotely controlled flying machines coming worryingly close to aircraft in the U.S. during a recent five-month period, marking an upward trend in such incidents.
Two new suspects have been detained in the investigation into the Bastille Day attack in Nice that killed more than 80 people. The Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday that two men have been in custody since Monday in southern France.
French authorities detained two more people Sunday in the investigatio... . on the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, three days after a truck mowed through revelers, Sunday, July 17, 2016.
But of course a terrorist in love with death would choose one of the world's most beautiful coastal cities to mow down innocents in a moment of celebration. Over the next few days, as Republicans convene in Cleveland to celebrate another sort of pagan ritual, we'll hear the familiar words and refrains.
Manuel Valls, in an interview with the Journal du dimanche newspaper published Sunday, said the Islamic State group "is encouraging individuals unknown to our services to stage attacks." While the investigation is working on details, he said "that is without a doubt the case in the Nice attack."
Traumatic events have come thick and fast. An apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations late Thursday killed at least 84 people.
California's secretary of state is expected to certify the results of the June primary election, when an estimated 8.5 million people, or 47.6 percent of registered voters, took part. The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept.
A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing at least 84 people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city's famed waterfront promenade. The Thursday night attack on France's national holiday rocked a nation still dealing with the aftermath of attacks in November in Paris that killed 130 and in January 2015 that killed 17. No one immediately claimed responsibility.
NICE, France - World leaders are expressing dismay, sadness and solidarity with France over the attack carried out by a man who drove truck into crowds of people celebrating France's national day in Nice, killing at least 84 people: Noting that the attack occurred on Bastille Day, Obama praised "the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world." Secretary of State John Kerry called it a "horrendous attack in Nice.