- Associated Press
Candidates race into France's snap legislative poll but one convicted for spousal assault withdraws
Candidates were racing to register before a Sunday evening deadline in snap parliamentary elections that are redrawing France's political landscape, with a left-wing alliance newly formed to counter the surge of the far right losing, in the final hours, a prospective lawmaker previously convicted for spousal assault. Adrien Quatennens announced the withdrawal of his candidacy that had opened cracks in the fledgling New Popular Front. The uneasy coalition of parties from the far-left to the center-left is campaigning together against the prospect that the two-round June 30 and July 7 election could produce France's first far-right government since the Nazi occupation.
- Yahoo Finance
Wall Street is divided over the rise of private credit
The Wall Street debate about the rise of private credit is getting louder, with major figures from the biggest financial institutions disagreeing about risks and opportunities.
- RFI
Ukraine summit paves way for peace talks with Russia to end war
Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. More than two years after Russia invaded, leaders and top officials from more than 90 states spent the weekend at a Swiss mountainside resort for a two-day summit dedicated to resolving the largest European conflict since World War II."We believe that reaching pe
