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By Layli Foroudi

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to New Caledonia on Thursday that inequalities had widened on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago and were a driving force in the deadly civil unrest that broke out last week.

The island territory is marked by deep disparities in education and employment, according to census data and experts on New Caledonia, despite equal opportunities policies that were... (continue reading...)

By David Shepardson

(Reuters) - A Louisiana political consultant was indicted over a fake robocall imitating U.S. President Joe Biden seeking to dissuade people from voting for him in New Hampshire's Democratic primary election, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said on Thursday.

Steven Kramer, 54, faces 13 charges of felony voter suppression and misdemeanor impersonation of a candidate after thousands of New Hampshire... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday announced investments in green energy, education and health manufacturing in the East African nation and a plan to reduce its debt burden.

Ruto arrived in Washington on Wednesday as part of a three-day state visit that includes bilateral talks with Biden on Thursday, followed by a state dinner in the evening. Ruto's trip is the sixth state visit hosted by the Biden... (continue reading...)

By Diana Novak Jones

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands of lawsuits making similar allegations.

The jury in Cook County, Illinois circuit court agreed with arguments from drugmakers GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim that the plaintiff, 89-year-old Illinois resident Angela Valadez, had... (continue reading...)

By Hannah Ellison and Ben Makori

WATFORD, England (Reuters) - In a large commuter town north of London that has backed the winning party at every election for 50 years, disheartened voters are keen for Britain's July 4 election to bring change, but unsure who - if anyone - can deliver it.

Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer kicked off their election campaigns on Thursday, each arguing... (continue reading...)