Paris (AP): Voters across mainland France have begun casting ballots Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up July 7, could impact European financial markets, Western support for Ukraine and how France’s nuclear arsenal and global military force are managed. Many French voters are frustrated about inflation and economic concerns, as well as President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership, which they see as arrogant and out-of-touch with their lives. Marine Le

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 28 (Reuters): President Joe Biden said on Friday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance that dismayed his fellow Democrats. “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” an ebullient Biden said at a rally one day after the head-to-head showdown with his Republican rival, which was widely viewed as a defeat for the 81-year-old president. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as

In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has intensified its probe into the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam. On Saturday, the agency carried out searches at seven locations in Gujarat and arrested a journalist in Jharkhand, shedding light on a broader conspiracy. Jamaluddin Ansari, a journalist with a Hindi newspaper, was arrested for allegedly assisting the principal and vice principal of a Hazaribagh school implicated in the paper leak scandal. Earlier, Oasis School’s principal Ehsanul Haque and vice principal Imtiaz Alam were taken into custody by the CBI. The investigation has spread across multiple states, including

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been remanded to judicial custody until July 12 in a corruption case linked to an alleged excise scam. The court said Kejriwal was identified as a primary conspirator and emphasized that more custodial interrogation might be necessary as the investigation progresses. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) presented Kejriwal in court after his three-day custodial interrogation ended. The agency requested a 14-day judicial custody, claiming that he was uncooperative and gave evasive replies during questioning. The court acknowledged that the conspiracy involved many people in formulating and implementing the excise policy. It highlighted concerns