People raise their arms and hands as they gather at the Place de la Republique. Paris, France, July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
France election
A surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen’s quest to bring the far right to power. The leftist New Popular Front emerged as the dominant force in the National Assembly but must now consider forming a minority government or building a broad, unwieldy coalition. Here’s how the far-right lost.
Senior Political Correspondent Michel Rose joins the Reuters World News podcast from Paris to explain what’s next as France faces a hung parliament.
US news
An embattled President Biden faces escalating pressure from fellow Democrats worried about his candidacy, concerns he worked to ease with campaign stops in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. But many are now asking, could Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a rare daytime attack, killing at least 20 people across the country and hitting a key children’s hospital, officials said.
Last month was the hottest June on record, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world’s hottest recorded year.
Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as talks over a US plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war were expected to restart.
Tesla shareholders will appear in court to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the company is “outlandish,” the latest twist in a legal showdown over Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package.
Similac baby formula maker Abbott is expected to face a trial over claims that its formula for preterm infants used in neonatal intensive care units causes a potentially deadly bowel disease.
With doubts growing about whether President Biden will remain a candidate for re-election in 2024, some investors are preparing to game out potential economic scenarios and trades if a stronger Democratic candidate emerges.
The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits
Eron Evans, shown with one of her daughters, died in 2016 of ovarian cancer at age 41. She had sued J&J alleging talc in its Baby Powder caused her disease.
Johnson & Johnson is locked in a bitter fight with lawyers opposing its third attempt to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits through a controversial bankruptcy-court maneuver.
The women alleging J&J’s talc products caused their cancer are caught in the crossfire.
Revelers sprint during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 7. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Revelers run with the bulls through the streets of Pamplona during Spain’s best-known bull-running festival. Spain’s most popular encierro takes places during the San Fermin festival held every year in July.
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