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Martin Blake's cod with mussel and chorizo broth
Recipe Succulent cod is paired with a rich, briny broth in this sumptuous bowlful
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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France arrests CEO of Telegram
Speed Read Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested as part of an ongoing judicial investigation
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Paris Olympics: will it be a success?
Today's Big Question Organisers hope the 'spectacle' of the 2024 Games will lift the cloud of negativity that has hung over the build-up
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Macron accepts French PM's resignation
Speed Read Gabriel Attal and his government have resigned
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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'National service could become a pervasive post-graduation option'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Surprise win for left alliance in French election
Speed Read A loose alliance of left-wing parties is on course to become France's biggest parliamentary bloc
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Thirty years after genocide, France and Rwanda are slowly reconciling
Under The Radar By its own admission, France bore 'serious and overwhelming' responsibilities during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Decades later, relations between the two countries are beginning to thaw
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Who will win France's election of extremes?
Today's Big Question Voters face a stark choice between far-right party and left-wing alliance as centrists lose ground
By Rebecca Messina, The Week UK Published
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Macron's high-stakes election gamble in France
Talking Points Will Marine Le Pen's far-right party take power?
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Far right ekes gains in EU elections, rocks France
Speed Read Voters mostly backed centrists in the European Parliament elections, but far-right parties made important gains
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Why Emmanuel Macron has called snap elections
Speed Read President surprises France with vote after Marine Le Pen's EU victory
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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France's 'swinger' capital rocked by fortune teller scandal
Under the Radar Mayor charged with corruption for 'lavishing' taxpayers' money on clairvoyant who 'impersonated' his dead father
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Macron tries to soothe New Caledonia uproar
Speed Read The French president promised to delay a voting reform that prompted deadly riots in the Pacific territory
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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New Caledonia: is Azerbaijan to blame for deadly riots in French overseas territory?
Today's Big Question Catalyst for the disorder is new legislation that would expand the eligible electorate, but Baku is accused of fomenting turmoil
By Rebecca Messina, The Week UK Published
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