1. France’s Le Pen vows to fight globalization

    Buoyed by the election of President Donald Trump in the United States and by Britons’ vote to leave the European Union, Le Pen’s anti-immigration, anti-EU National Front (FN) hopes for similar populist* momentum* in France.

    With hitherto* favorite Francois Fillon, a conservative, embroiled* in scandal over his wife’s job, and rising centrist star Emmanuel Macron as yet untested, Le Pen’s FN says it can thwart polls that see her losing in a second round run-off.

    2. Magazine defends cover with Trump

    The editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel on Sunday said a front cover illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump beheading* the Statue of Liberty, which split opinion at home and abroad, was a response by the German magazine to threats against democracy.

    Published on Saturday, the cover depicts a cartoon figure of Trump with a bloodied knife in one hand and the statue’s head, dripping with blood, in the other. It carries the caption: “America First.”

    It followed a series of attacks on Berlin’s policies by Trump and his aides that have marked a rapid deterioration in German relations with the United States.

    3. Australian priests accused of abuse

    Seven percent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said on Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis.

    The statistics were released during the opening address of a hearing of Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The royal commission has been investigating since 2013. The commission has previously heard harrowing* testimony from scores of people who suffered abuse at the hands of clergy.

    4. US suspends enforcement of travel ban

    The U.S. Government on Saturday suspended enforcement of President Donald Trump’s refugee and immigration ban and scurried* to appeal a judge’s order, plunging the new administration into a crisis that has challenged Trump’s authority — and ability to fulfill campaign promises.

    The stand-down*, a day after a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked the ban, marked an extraordinary setback for the White House. One week ago, Trump had acted on his own to suspend America’s refugee program and halt immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries that the United States says raise terrorism concerns.

    5. Paris tourism hit again by attack

    The thwarted* attack near the Louvre Museum on Friday will likely further tarnish the reputation of Paris, still reeling* from a series of terror attacks, as a tourist destination.

    Visitors were preparing to file into the world’s most famous museum on Friday morning when a man with a machete* lunged* at soldiers patrolling at the entrance and was shot five times, sparking scenes of panic.

    The perpetrator* yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the attack in an underground shopping center leading to the entrance, and Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it was “terrorist in nature.”

    6. Iran tests missile and radar systems

    Iran held a military exercise on Saturday to test its missile and radar systems, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on Tehran for a recent ballistic* missile test.

    The United States sanctioned 13 individuals and 12 entities* related to Iran’s missile program and Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn said the United States was putting Iran on notice over its “destabilizing activity.”(SD-Agencies)