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Labour manifesto committed to wholesale planning reforms to make it easier to build and a greater focus on driving through key infrastructure projects which have become mired in delays and boost housebuilding. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

President Biden said in a letter to congressional Democrats that he is “firmly committed to staying in the race,” rebuffing calls to drop out. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

The day after a historic election, France awoke to final results that none of the polls had predicted. The left took the most seats in the National Assembly, with the far right in third place. One question gripped the country: Who would govern, and how? #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

At least 20 people killed in Ukraine, and Kyiv children's hospital hit in massive Russian missile attack, officials say #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

Markets initially reacted negatively to the news in the French election but quickly recovered with the euro flat and French stocks making gains. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

Protesters in Israel called for a cease-fire deal on Sunday, bringing traffic to a standstill at several major intersections in cities and on highways across the country. The protests marked nine months since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 and ensuing war in Gaza. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

The leftwing alliance is heading for a shock victory in the 2024 French election — according to first estimates. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

The Moulin Rouge has restored its iconic windmill after its blades broke and fell to the ground in April. Construction on the famed Paris cabaret was finished just in time for the Summer Olympic Games to begin. #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

Pope Francis denounced populist politics and what he called "the dross of ideology" on Sunday, warning that democracy was not in good shape in many parts of the world #HiveNews | #Press | #PlebChain…

Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate who advocated moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff in Iran against a hard-line rival, according to results released by the interior ministry on Saturday. The special election was held because President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in…

The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing Israeli control over the territory and preventing the establishment of a future Palestinian state.