Gabriel Attal, 34, has been appointed as France’s youngest-ever prime minister amid political pressure from the far right.His predecessor, Elisabeth Borne, resigned following political turmoil over an immigration law strengthening the government’s deportation powers.Attal, a former Socialist Party member, previously served as government spokesperson, budget minister and then education minister.Gabriel…

Multiple people were hospitalized in Taiwan after mistakenly consuming colorful liquid laundry detergent pods distributed as a campaign freebie.The pods were given out by a Nationalist Party campaign office, and approximately 460,000 pods were distributed.The head of the campaign office apologized for the incident and said they would not distribute…

Taiwan’s government apologized Tuesday after a mistranslation in the nation’s emergency alert system misidentified a Chinese satellite launch as a missile for English users.The alert buzzed on Taiwanese phones as normal on Tuesday afternoon, but warned of a “missile flyover” in the English translation. Taiwan later said the Chinese satellite…

Israel announced its forces killed dozens of Hamas terrorists in Gaza on Monday, the latest fighting amid Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces said it killed roughly 40 terrorists during its expanded ground operation in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip over a 24-hour period. Soldiers also…

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has lifted a lifetime ban on politicians with convictions from participating in elections.The court ruling, applied on Monday, permits former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other convicted politicians to run in upcoming elections.Under the new order, convicted politicians are now barred from running for only five years…

Rescuers in Slovenia are working to extract five people who became trapped in Krizna Jama cave for over two days due to high water levels.The rescue operation is expected to be completed by mid-afternoon on Monday if everything goes as planned.The Krizna Jama cave, with emerald-colored underground lakes, is accessible…

Two U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons will conduct a flyover in Bosnia on Monday to demonstrate support for the country.The flyovers are part of joint air-to-ground training involving American and Bosnian forces, focusing on the eastern town of Tuzla and northern Brcko.Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, supported by Russia, has defied…

China has detained a person who is accused of collecting state secrets for Britain’s secret intelligence service MI6.The Ministry of State Security claimed on social media that Britain had been cooperating with the accused person since 2015.The suspect, identified as a citizen of a third nation with the surname Huang,…

A high-profile German opposition politician on Monday formally founded a new party that combines left-wing economic policy with a restrictive approach to migration and other positions that some observers believe could help it take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany.Sahra Wagenknecht said her “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance — Reason…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visited Poland to strengthen ties with the NATO nation, which shares a border with Ukraine.The visit to Poland followed an unannounced trip to Ukraine, where Kamikawa pledged Japan’s ongoing support in the face of Russia’s invasion.Japan has pledged $37 million to the NATO trust fund…