French left, Macron scramble to block far-right win
This videograb made on July 1, 2024, shows France’s President Emmanuel Macron (C) shaking hands with people on June 29, 2024, in a street in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France.
Australian lawmaker defiant over Palestinian statehood suspension
FILE – Australia’s Parliament House sits behind Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, April 24, 2008.
As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away
FILE – A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian holds up a poster of the reformist during a campaign stop in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2024.
Cambodia sentences green campaigners for ‘plotting’ over activism
Cambodian environment activists react after the Cambodian court delivers verdict against activists from the Cambodian environmental group Mother Nature, on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the King, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 2, 2024.
Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church elects new patriarch with pro-Russian views
People greet newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil after his enthronement ceremony at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 30, 2024.
Taliban call on West to build deeper ties, ignore curbs on women
FILE – Members of a Taliban delegation arrive for a meeting with foreign diplomats in Qatar’s capital Doha, Oct. 12, 2021. A U.N.-led two-day conference of special envoys for Afghanistan from nearly two dozen countries kicked off Sunday in Qatar.
Canada’s WestJet cancels 800 flights in 3rd day of mechanics’ strike
FILE – A WestJet Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxis along a runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, April 28, 2021.
Colombia rebel group agrees to ‘unilateral cease-fire’
FILE – Representatives of Colombia’s government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group are seen during a press conference after the start of peace talks, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2024.
Greece fights dozens of wildfires in ‘most difficult day of year’
A firefighter struggles to extinguish a forest fire at Keratea, southeast of Athens, Greece, June 30, 2024.
North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea, after end of US-South Korea-Japan drill
FILE – A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station, in Seoul, South Korea, May 17, 2024.