France’s Marine Le Pen faces probe for fraud, forgery in 2022 presidential vote – National

France’s Marine Le Pen faces probe for fraud, forgery in 2022 presidential vote – National

By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 9, 2024 12:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right French leader Marine Le Pen’s campaign during the 2022 presidential election. The office … Read more

France seeks way out of political ‘fog’ after far right defeat

France seeks way out of political ‘fog’ after far right defeat

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority. The outcome of the legislative elections, called by Macron three years ahead of schedule in a bid to … Read more

Voters go the polls in second round of snap election

Voters go the polls in second round of snap election

Supporters of the French National Rally in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 30, 2024. Francois Lo Presti | Afp | Getty Images French voters are heading to the polls on Sunday for the second and final round of voting in a snap parliamentary election. After an initial ballot suggested the far-right National Rally (RN) group … Read more

Macron made key mistakes, vilified the left

Macron made key mistakes, vilified the left

Protesters gather during an anti-far-right rally after French President Emmanuel Macron called legislative elections following far-right parties’ significant gains in European Parliament elections in Paris on June 15, 2024. Lou Benoist | Afp | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a reckoning after the country’s far-right made historic gains in the first round … Read more

Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters’ Revenge In Snap Elections

Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters’ Revenge In Snap Elections

Paris: Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls … Read more

Nvidia rebounds after $500 billion slump

Nvidia rebounds after 0 billion slump

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Nvidia rallies after sell-off, lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq

Nvidia rallies after sell-off, lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 3, 2024, in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, … Read more

Dow up as banks, energy stocks rise; Nvidia sinks

Dow up as banks, energy stocks rise; Nvidia sinks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Sept. 28, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what … Read more

Meet Jordan Bardella, the man who could be France’s next PM

Meet Jordan Bardella, the man who could be France’s next PM

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party President and lead MEP Jordan Bardella (C) attends a visit to the Eurosatory land and airland defence and security trade fair, at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Villepinte, north of Paris, on June 19, 2024. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images Marine Le Pen is the … Read more

Dow posts best week since May, Tesla cuts 14% of workforce

Dow posts best week since May, Tesla cuts 14% of workforce

Traders work on the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 6, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more