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When the verdict from a Paris criminal court flashed across screens in Hénin-Beaumont, many customers in the Café de la Paix received it with the outrage and disappointment Marine Le Pen predicted.The far-right political leader was found guilty of embezzlement, sentenced to four years in prison — two years suspended, two in a form of house arrest — and fined more than $100,000.But most stinging was the decision barring her from running for public office for five years, rendering her ineligible to run in France’s 2027 presidential election.For people here, Ms. Le Pen is not just the leader of the…

Democrats have remained relatively quiet while President Donald Trump and Republicans hammer federal district judges for churning out nationwide orders halting his administration’s actions. But during President Joe Biden’s tenure, they decried similar wide-ranging injunctions and even sought to remedy the issue with legislation. In 2023, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, debuted a measure to give the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sole jurisdiction over any cases with national implications. HOW TRUMP-BLOCKING JUDGES MANAGED TO GET PAST SENATE JUDICIARY HAWKS Hirono led legislation to combat the issue. (Nathan Posner)”When parties are able to choose their judges, it creates the perception that…

Israel’s government has said it will cancel all remaining tariffs on American imports, in an apparent bid to ensure that it is exempt from a new wave of levies that President Trump is set to announce on Wednesday.Israel and the United States, two close allies, have had a free-trade agreement since 1985 that excludes most American products from Israeli tariffs. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel presented the decision to remove all remaining tariffs as a move toward greater trade liberalization.“Today we canceled all of the customs duties levied on products from the U.S., Israel’s largest trading partner,”…

Almost two years after wildfires destroyed 200 structures, including 151 homes, in the western suburbs of Halifax, residents are anxious about the city’s slow progress in creating more ways for them to flee if the flames return. Standing behind her child-care centre, rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 2023 spring wildfire, owner Donna Buckland said in a recent interview she has a detailed emergency plan outlining how staff and 68 children would escape in case of fire.But she’s upset that Halifax doesn’t have “a viable” exit route for the outer areas of her Westwood Hills suburb — where a wildfire erupted on…

New data from a Labor-aligned think tank is being wielded to argue one of the party’s key wage policies is already working better than expected.

French far-right leader has been convicted of embezzling European Union funds.Convicted of fraud and barred from public office. The end of the road it would seem for Marine Le Pen’s presidential ambitions. She may appeal – but that is not likely to allow her run for the presidency in two years’ time. What are the implications? Presenter:  Adrian Finighan Guests: Diane De Vignemont – independent journalist specialising in French politics and history. Philippe Marliere – professor of French and European politics at University College London. Lara Marlowe – Paris-based author and journalist.

Val Kilmer, who died at 65 on Tuesday, donned Batman’s cape, starred as a gunslinger, flew supersonic fighter jets in “Top Gun” and held the screen as a bumbling singer in a slapstick comedy about the Cold War.Kilmer was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1980s and ’90s and then exited stage left for more than a decade. His career was disrupted by throat cancer and a tracheotomy, but he had already left his mark with a series of notable performances.“Once you’re a star, you’re always a star,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012.Here…

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Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO, Circle David A. Grogan | CNBCCircle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange.The prospectus, filed with the SEC on Tuesday, lays the groundwork for Circle’s long-anticipated entry into the public markets.JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are serving as lead underwriters, and the company is reportedly aiming for a valuation of up to $5 billion. It will trade under ticker symbol CRCL. It marks Circle’s second attempt at going public. A prior merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) collapsed in…

With its copper bar and brass-rail-backed banquettes, Lazare evokes a traditional Parisian brasserie, but registers as modern with its exposed ductwork overhead and wall units filled with stacked white plates, pitchers, vases and other objects. Similarly, the stylish comfort-food menu includes Normandy oysters, onion soup and roasted sausage with buttery potato purée, as well as contemporary dishes like scallop-and-oyster tartare with curry oil, and pineapple carpaccio with lemon-mint sorbet.Usefully for a city with hidebound serving hours, Lazare is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and Sunday from 11:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. There’s also seating at…