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Marine Le Pen hits back in EU funds misuse trial
French politician Marine Le Pen has hit back against charges of illegal party funding by European Parliament deputies from her far-right National Rally (RN) party. Le Pen and more than 20 other senior party figures are accused of hiring assistants who worked on party affairs rather than for the European Parliament which paid them. She told a court in Paris on Monday that parliamentary assistants paid for by the Brussels assembly were naturally involved in politics – because that was what drew them to the job in the first place.Read more
Natasha Wodak ‘frustrated and heartbroken’ after not qualifying for Paris Olympic marathon
Fellow Canadian Sexton also falls short, while Woodfine runs best time in men’s race Running with tight hamstrings and a cramp in her right calf late in Sunday’s Houston Marathon, Natasha Wodak knew her Paris Olympic dream had probably ended. On track to achieve the automatic qualifying standard halfway through the 42.2-kilometre race, the Canadian record holder realized her gait changed shortly thereafter due to the hamstring pain but she did “everything to hold it together” in hopes of finishing in two hours 26 minutes 50 seconds or faster. “ByRead more