John Leicester
Correspondent at Associated Press
A bit of this, a bit of that, always for The Associated Press. France-based, with itchy feet. Jack of all news trades, possibly mastering some. Words and images
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argus-press.com | John Leicester |Jeffrey Schaeffer
PARIS (AP) — France's government ordered black partition walls erected around Israeli defense industry exhibits displaying offensive weapons at the Paris Air Show, because of the war in Gaza and rising tensions in the Mideast. Israel's Defense Ministry demanded a reversal of the decision. A French appeals court had ruled Friday against activist groups who sought to block Israeli companies from participating in the show due to Israel's actions in Gaza.
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castanet.net | Barbara Ortutay |John Leicester |Lauran Neergaard |Catherine Morrison
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan. 20, his first day in office, after the platform went dark briefly when a national ban — approved by Congress and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — took effect.
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castanet.net | John Leicester |Lauran Neergaard |Catherine Morrison |Marc Levy
The Canadian Press - Jun 19, 2025 / 8:05 am | Story: 557092Empire Co. Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose compared with a year ago. The grocery retailer, which operates Sobeys, Safeway and other banners, says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 22 cents per share, up from 20 cents.
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castanet.net | John Leicester |Lauran Neergaard |Catherine Morrison |Marc Levy
About once a month, French drone manufacturer Henri Seydoux makes what has become a necessary pilgrimage for many in his business — he goes to Ukraine. Because for drone technology, there is no harder place to survive than the frontlines of the war against Russia’s invasion, where both sides are using unmanned aerial machines of all shapes and sizes to kill and to observe, reshaping modern warfare.
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castanet.net | Wilson McMakin |Bernard Condon |John Leicester |Jeffrey Schaeffer
Baba Ahmed And Wilson Mcmakin, The Associated Press - | Story: 556621A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the Canadian mining company and the West African nation's military government over unpaid taxes.
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Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation. Essential fact-checking from @AP https://t.co/NlPnkrpcNl https://t.co/Ymw8srQOi2
Smart and sobering read from @meganjanetsky on why hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes
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