• RFI

    France's Muslim voters fear far-right election win

    Muslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France's snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow. For Sarah, there's a "real risk" of seeing the National Rally (RN) win the ballot, called by President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right party trounced his centrists in early June's EU elections.The 23-year-old member of a Muslim women's collective told AFP that would give the party of Marine Le P

  • Associated Press Finance

    Should young kids have smartphones? These parents in Europe linked arms and said no

    Try saying “no” when a child asks for a smartphone. From Spain to Britain and Ireland, parents are flooding WhatsApp and Telegram groups with plans not just to keep smartphones out of schools, but to link arms and refuse to buy young kids the devices before — or even into — their teenage years. After being inspired by a conversation in a Barcelona park with other moms, Elisabet García Permanyer started a chat group last fall to share information on the perils of Internet access for children with families at her kids’ school.