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French health officials recorded around 1,000 excess deaths in less than a week as the country was hit by its most severe heatwave in more than two decades.Temperatures rose above 40C in many parts of France, with Tuesday marking the hottest day nationwide since 2003.Around 1,000 additional deaths have been recorded since June 24, the National Public Health Agency said on Sunday, adding that 85% of the victims were aged 65 or older.“This has highlighted the need to reinforce solidarity measures for people who are isolated or experiencing severe loneliness, including those living in densely populated urban areas,” the agency…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia and Vanuatu signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty Monday that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the so-called Nakamal Agreement with his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, in the Australian capital nine months after the Vanuatuan government rejected an earlier draft. Vanuatu had feared the deal would limit its ability to attract infrastructure investment. “Our agreement reflects and confirms Australia’s role as Vanuatu’s largest and most comprehensive economic, security and development partner, a responsibility that we take seriously,” Albanese told reporters. Natap…

Melat Kiros, a socialist congressional candidate challenging incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, said she was “excited” to see Palantir leave Colorado. Speaking with 9NEWS anchor Kyle Clark, Kiros said she was pleased to see the data analytics company leave Colorado. She accused Palantir of trying to embed itself within the federal government and collecting Americans’ data for its own benefit. “I was excited to see them leave. Palantir is a company that’s made it abundantly clear that they have every interest in embedding itself within the United States government, taking as much of our data…

President Donald Trump is showing little urgency in sending nominations to the Senate even as the GOP’s control of the chamber beyond 2026 is increasingly in doubt. There are more than two dozen federal court vacancies. Labor secretary, FDA commissioner and scores of other open positions do not have nominees, and a senior White House official said Trump is in no rush to fill them. “Ultimately, we need to have the right people in those positions,” said the official, who was granted anonymity to describe internal thinking. “So if it’s acting for now, so be it. If [it] takes a…

The Luck of the Non-Irish Just the other day, President Trumpenstein negotiated a ceasefire with Iran. I guess it’s a peace deal, but they’re calling it a Memorandum of Understanding. You’d think that this would be considered a good thing. Think again. It is a very bad thing, according to every high profile Zionist, who all have raging war boners. Because of this too late and too little gesture of half-assed diplomacy, poor Trumpenstein is in hot water with the non-Irish. They may be changing the Israeli streets named after him as we speak. Perhaps they prefer Rubio Boulevard? After…

New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to protect Haitian and Syrian migrants after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants. In a video message, Mamdani criticized the 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court, stating that it “is putting so many people’s lives in jeopardy,” adding that New Yorkers stand “in solidarity with all of those who are concerned” by the ruling. In his video message, Mamdani also stated that it was “cruel” to have “people who frankly taught the world about freedom, have their own…

Rick Scott swears he’s not up to something. Fresh speculation about the Florida Republican’s ambitions erupted again in recent days after he invited President Donald Trump to address the Senate at an especially sensitive moment — and without Majority Leader John Thune’s express approval. Then, he circulated a letter outlining how he thought the Senate GOP should be preparing for the November midterms. But Scott insists those who see this as a prelude to a leadership challenge have it all wrong. Sitting in his Senate office less than 24 hours after hosting Trump, he told POLITICO he’s perfectly happy running…

Warsaw is inclined to drop a trillion-euro demand in exchange for annual payments to dying WWII survivors, Suddeutsche Zeitung has reported Poland has scaled back its long-standing reparations campaign against Germany and is now seeking annual payments of around €2,333 ($2,660) for each living victim of Nazi persecution instead of the €1.3 trillion it once demanded, Suddeutsche Zeitung reported on Sunday.The dispute traces back to the September 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland and nearly six years of occupation that killed around 6 million Polish citizens – 17% of the country’s prewar population.In 2022, the Polish government, led by the right-wing…

Around 1.3 million applications for the Spanish socialist government’s mass amnesty process have been filed by illegal migrants as the June 30 application window looms, local outlets reported. The staggering amount, taken from official Spanish government data, far exceeds the “half a million” amount claimed by the administration of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the start of the amnesty process. The newspaper El País reports while the Spanish government has not confirmed the amount, the sum matches data shown by Mercurio, a government platform used to register all of the amnesty applications submitted nationwide. “The undocumented population is difficult to measure, but…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he’s glad Vice President JD Vance was willing to talk to him and “It’s the people I vote for, they’re the ones who won’t talk to me.” Maher specifically cited Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), and then-Vice President Kamala Harris as people who won’t or wouldn’t come on his show. Maher said, “I’m just glad you’re talking to me. I say it every time, when the Republicans come here, they take their beating like a man. It’s the people I vote for,…