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Religion news 16 July 2025
Religion Media Centre
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July 15, 2025
The Church of England general synod ended its four day meeting in York with a call to support the church in Palestinian territories, a chance to show their almost unanimous opposition to assisted dying bill, and a remarkable show of unity from...
France's PM wants to cut 2 public holidays to save money
ABC News - New York
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July 15, 2025
PARIS -- France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — to save money in next year’s budget....
French PM Proposes Scrapping Public Holidays Amid €43.8bn Budget Overhaul
Arise News
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July 15, 2025
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has unveiled sweeping austerity measures, including the possible removal of two public holidays, to address France’s deepening fiscal crisis. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday announced plans to scrap...
France and Pakistan celebrate history, build future
Daily Times
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July 15, 2025
Karachi, July 14 – During celebrations marking France’s Bastille Day in Karachi, the French Consul General Alexis Chahtahtinsky announced the revival of the Pakistan-France Business Alliance, aimed at strengthening economic and strategic ties...
France’s first lady takes gender claim case to top court after acquittals
Malay Mail
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July 15, 2025
PARIS, July 15 — France’s first lady has taken her case against two women over claims she used to be man to the highest appeals court after a lower court let them off, her lawyer said today. On Thursday, the Paris appeals court overturned earlier...
Church leaders condemn settler violence in West Bank
Vatican News
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July 15, 2025
The Latin and Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Jerusalem, together with foreign diplomats, pay a visit to the last Christian village on the West Bank, which in recent weeks has come under frequent attack from settlers. By Marie Duhamel On Monday, the...
French Ministers in Surreal Debate on Whether Islamo-Leftism Exists in Academia
The European Conservative
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July 15, 2025
At a time when the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood is finally being recognised and taken seriously by the French authorities, the minister for higher education and the minister for national education are finding ways to argue about the...
After Elysee Meeting, Prabowo Confirms France Backs Two-State Solution
Tempo.co
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July 15, 2025
"France supports the two-state solution," said the Head of State in an official statement on Tuesday, July 15. The two-state solution, which Indonesia continues to advocate, involves mutual recognition between Palestine and Israel, followed by...
French report calls for 'AI companies to be taxed to remunerate cultural sector'
The Bookseller
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NewsJul 15, 2025by Barbara Casassus © Shutterstock A French Senate report has called for France to tax artificial intelligence (AI) suppliers in order to remunerate the cultural sector, if negotiations between the two sides collapse and a...
Tadej Pogacar responds after Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France
Yahoo Sports
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Tadej Pogacar has said he hopes Ben Healy “feels tired” ahead of the duo’s upcoming battle over the yellow jersey, after the EF Education-EasyPost rider became the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the maillot jaune. Healy came third in a...
ANJ Fines Unnamed French Gambling Firm €75K Due To Data Compliance Failures
Casino Beats
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July 15, 2025
Written by Stuart Hughes Stuart Hughes Stuart is a freelance journalist and marketing content and copywriter who graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University. His writing covers topics such as Sports Betting and iGaming news stories,...
‘I want to honour the jersey as best I can’: Ben Healy relishing stint in Tour de France yellow
The Irish Times
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Ben Healy is down to earth and not prone to looking for attention, but when it came to the rest day of the Tour de France, he wasn’t going to pass up an opportunity. Asked by The Irish Times if he wore the race leader’s distinctive jersey on his...
EU states to test age-check app to limit children's access to online services
Japan Times
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July 15, 2025
Five EU countries including France will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking the age of users, the European Commission said Monday. Several European nations have ramped up pressure on the bloc...
Yvette Cooper Delivers Brutal Commons Slapdown To Chris Philp Over The Tories' Immigration Failures
HuffPost UK
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July 15, 2025
Yvette Cooper and Chris Philp in the Commons. The home secretary reminded her Tory opposite number of his own government’s failures as they clashed in the Commons. He also condemned Cooper for scrapping the Rwanda scheme, even though it never...
Nigeria’s education: A bleak future for the nation’s university system?
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 15, 2025
A few weeks ago, I had a heartfelt conversation with a young scholar I consider one of my mentees. He asked to meet me because he wanted to discuss issues he couldn’t share over the phone, and it took weeks before we finally connected. All my...
‘No More Shame!’ The Transformative Lesson of Gisèle Pelicot, the French Survivor of Mass Rape
Ms. Magazine
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July 15, 2025
Gisèle Pelicot arrives with her lawyer Stephane Babonneau (right) at the courthouse in Avignon on Dec. 19, 2024, as the verdict is expected in the trial of her ex-husband, with 50 others, accused of drugging her and orchestrating multiple rapes...
'If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big' - Ben Healy and EF Education-EasyPost aim high as they defend Tour de France yellow jersey
Cyclingnews
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July 15, 2025
Ben Healy and his EF Education-EasyPost team spent the rest day in Toulouse basking in the bright light and happiness that the Tour de France leader's jersey brings, thinking about how they can keep it as long as possible as the race heads into...
Tour de France bike: EF Education-EasyPost’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo
Cyclist
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July 15, 2025
As long-term partners of EF Education-EasyPost, Cannondale’s SuperSix Evo is the bike of choice for Ben Healy, Neilson Powless, Kasper Asgreen and the rest of the crew at this year’s Tour de France. In keeping with the team’s pink identity, the...
Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?
The Independent
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July 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Five EU Countries To Trial Age Verification App For Children
MediaNama
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July 15, 2025
France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test the blueprint of an age verification app aimed at safeguarding children from harmful content on the internet, the European Commission (EC) announced on July 14. Notably, the age verification app...