President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday steered clear from close contact with the public as he made a new foray into provincial France in the wake of his signing of a hugely unpopular pension reform.. - 'Incitement to violence' - With his popularity plunging after the signing of the pension reform, Macron has set a 100-day target to relaunch his second mandate, with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne due to announce plans on Wednesday.
Climate activists sought on Tuesday to glue themselves onto the asphalt and block traffic in Berlin, a day after similar action caused heavy disruptions across the German capital.. The Letzte Generation (Last Generation) climate group said "hundreds of protesters" have resumed their traffic halting protest, this time hitting evening rush hour traffic.
Turkey on Tuesday detained 126 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule.. It accused Erdogan's ruling party of targeting "lawyers who will protect the ballot box and journalists who will inform the public" about government attempts to manipulate the vote.
US toy manufacturer Mattel unveiled a new Barbie doll Tuesday representing a person with Down syndrome, as it seeks to allow more children to see themselves in the popular figure.. "Our goal is to enable all children to see themselves in Barbie, while also encouraging children to play with dolls who do not look like themselves," she added in a statement.
Shaul Myke fled years ago from war-ravaged South Sudan looking for peace in Khartoum.. Like Myke, many of the 800,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan have been forced to turn back towards the south, in fear of the fighting which has claimed at least 459 lives, according to the UN. Driven by the same despair, Fawzia Abdelrahim took her family of five to Wad Madani, where she knew no one.
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol will pay homage Tuesday at the Korean War Memorial in Washington ahead of a state visit cementing the countries' deep alliance.. On Tuesday, Yoon was set to visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center just outside Washington, along with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
As US President Joe Biden launches a bid for a second term that would keep him at the White House well into his 80s, we look other people who remained top of their game into their twilight years: - Iris Apfel, 101 – The centenarian style icon from the New York borough of Queens, immediately recognisable by her oversized owlish glasses, helped renovate the interior of the White House for nine presidents, from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. . Just before her second stint as House speaker wound up last year, the scrappy stiletto wearer sparked the ire of China with a controversial visit to Taiwan.
Eighty-year-old Joe Biden, who announced on Tuesday plans to run again for US president, is among a handful of world leaders who continue to serve into their old age, many of them in Africa.. - Ireland, Italy and Malta - Three European presidents with mainly ceremonial powers are into their eighties: -- Irish politician-poet Michael Higgins, 82, has served as president of Ireland since November 2011.
Former king Juan Carlos I left Spain Tuesday following an almost week-long visit, his second since going into self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi over a string of financial scandals. . This time, the trip was very low-key compared with his first visit last year which sparked much criticism, especially from left-wing parties which demanded accountability for his role in a string of financial scandals.
If Joe Biden wins a second term, Kamala Harris will again find herself a heartbeat away from the presidency.. By the middle of Biden's first term, Harris was gradually finding her feet.
