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Conservatives Are Right On Immigration. We Just Need To Say It Better. 

Conservatives Are Right On Immigration. We Just Need To Say It Better. 

I lock my front door every night. Not because I despise the families who live down the street, but because I cherish the three sleeping heads under my roof. That impulse — to guard what we love — lies at the heart of the conservative case for a...

Tour de France Femmes: Kim Le Court becomes first African to win a stage - and takes yellow

Tour de France Femmes: Kim Le Court becomes first African to win a stage - and takes yellow

Kim Le Court became the first African to win a stage of the Tour de France Femmes as the Mauritian won the fifth stage to put herself in the leader’s yellow jersey. Team Visma Lease-A-Bike’s Marianne Vos started the day in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou...

'Deeply concerning!' New data reveals shocking immigration truth...and it'll be a 'disaster' for Britain

'Deeply concerning!' New data reveals shocking immigration truth...and it'll be a 'disaster' for Britain

Britain has continued to experience the greatest population growth in 75 years from immigration, according to the latest ONS figures. The population of England and Wales has grown by over 700,000 in the year to June 2024. This figure is the second...

France’s latest culture war beef: Alpine cow fighting

France’s latest culture war beef: Alpine cow fighting

Pitting cows against each other is a traditional spectator sport in the French and Swiss Alps, but fans are now locking horns with activists who want it banned on animal welfare grounds. A bill to make cow fighting illegal has been tabled in the...

Palestinian State: France, UK, allies push for global recognition

Palestinian State: France, UK, allies push for global recognition

Israel allows only 109 aid trucks into Gaza: report Gaza hospitals recorded 4 new deaths due to famine Israel committing genocide in Gaza: rights organisations France and 14 other Western nations called on countries worldwide to move to recognise...

Dusit bets big on France with SYDEL joint venture

Dusit bets big on France with SYDEL joint venture

Dusit International has signed a joint venture agreement with French real estate investment firm SYDEL to create Dusit France, a strategic partnership aimed at expanding the Thai brand’s hotel portfolio across France. The announcement marks...

The French are letting key members of illegal migrant smuggling gangs walk free from prison, says Patrick Christys

The French are letting key members of illegal migrant smuggling gangs walk free from prison, says Patrick Christys

I can reveal that the French are letting key members of illegal migrant smuggling gangs walk free from prison. French police stopped a man in the dead of night transporting an inflatable boat, a motor and five cans of gasoline to a town called...

How do cyclists pee mid-race? Marley Blonsky asks Education–Oatly’s Veronica Ewers all the 'dumb' Tour de France Femmes questions you’ve been wanting to ask

How do cyclists pee mid-race? Marley Blonsky asks Education–Oatly’s Veronica Ewers all the 'dumb' Tour de France Femmes questions you’ve been wanting to ask

Our columnist Marley Blonsky is currently at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. For many racers, the nine-day battle for the iconic yellow jersey is the biggest event of the year. For Marley, it's her first ever in-person experience at a...

Arab, Muslim states call on Hamas to disarm for first time ever

Arab, Muslim states call on Hamas to disarm for first time ever

A severely malnourished girl in Gaza. Aid teams have repeatedly called for Israel to allow much more aid to enter Gaza to prevent the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe | Credit: United Nations Press In an unprecedented development, Arab and Muslim...

From Paul Poiret To Rick Owens, Fashion Exhibitions In Paris

From Paul Poiret To Rick Owens, Fashion Exhibitions In Paris

Art installation by Rick Owens on the façade of the Palais Galliera in Paris, as part of the exhibition dedicated to Rick Owens. Photo by EMMA DA SILVA/AFP via Getty Images. AFP via Getty Images Paris has always been a city of fashion and culture....

Experts describe the slow and agonizing symptoms of starvation, as Melania joins President Trump to decry the plight of Gaza children

Experts describe the slow and agonizing symptoms of starvation, as Melania joins President Trump to decry the plight of Gaza children

Donald Trump broke ranks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, rejecting his claim that 'there is no starvation in Gaza'. Trump, who has been a strong backer of Israel in its war with Hamas, seems to have changed his stance...

Le Court becomes 1st African to win Tour de France Femmes stage

Le Court becomes 1st African to win Tour de France Femmes stage

Mauritian cyclist Kimberley Le Court Pienaar made history Wednesday as the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes, reclaiming the yellow jersey with a daring late surge during a grueling 165.8-kilometer ride from Jaunay-Marigny...

French bike race highlights agriculture…there is a similarity to Canada

Some readers might be familiar with the greatest annual bike race in the world, the Tour de France. The race began in 1903 and consists of 21 stages of racing, covering approximately 166 km per day over 24 days, with around 180 professional bike...

Hostage families blast UK and France for moves to recognize Palestinian state

Hostage families blast UK and France for moves to recognize Palestinian state

'Life, Liberty & Levin' host Mark Levin discusses U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's threat to recognize Palestine as a state if Israel doesn't agree to a ceasefire and the NY Times' correction on child malnutrition. NEWYou can now listen to Fox...

French govt prepares new law to return colonial-era art

French govt prepares new law to return colonial-era art

France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said. If approved, the law would make it easier for the country to return cultural...

Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner and Elisa Balsamo out of Tour de France Femmes as crashes ripple through peloton on stage 5

Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner and Elisa Balsamo out of Tour de France Femmes as crashes ripple through peloton on stage 5

US and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) and top sprinter Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) have abandoned the Tour de France Femmes, with several crashes marring the opening 100km of stage 5. Faulkner has battled through bad luck...

'You gotta try' – Breakaway caught but Brodie Chapman gets a moment in the spotlight on Tour de France Femmes debut

'You gotta try' – Breakaway caught but Brodie Chapman gets a moment in the spotlight on Tour de France Femmes debut

It has undoubtedly been a tough Tour de France Femmes for UAE Team ADQ, first with Elisa Longo Borghini out, then Eleonora Gasparrini and Karlijn Swinkels. Yet it’s clear after the efforts of the remaining riders on stage 5 that the motivation to...

French government prepares new law to return colonial-era art

French government prepares new law to return colonial-era art

France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said. If approved, the law would make it easier for the country to return cultural...

Beset by illness and crashes, Homer’s Kristen Faulkner withdraws from Tour de France Femmes

Beset by illness and crashes, Homer’s Kristen Faulkner withdraws from Tour de France Femmes

Kristen Faulkner of the U.S. crosses the finish line of the fourth stage of the Tour de France Women cycling race with start in Valkenburg, Netherlands, and finish in Liege, Belgium, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) The odds felt...

Egypt, France airdrop aid to Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis, global criticism of Israel

Egypt, France airdrop aid to Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis, global criticism of Israel

Egypt has conducted its first humanitarian airdrop over Gaza in more than six months, delivering aid supplies to the enclave amidst an escalating humanitarian disaster. Eyewitnesses reported that Egyptian aircraft dropped aid over Deir Al-Balah,...

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