6. No respite for Macron as parliamentary elections loom
• French President Emmanuel Macron enjoyed no respite on April 25, 2022 as, hours after he won re-election by defeating the far right`s Marine Le Pen, political opponents called on voters to deny him a parliamentary majority.
• If he fails to score another victory in the June 12 and 19 parliamentary elections, the pro-European, centrist president will struggle to advance with his pro business agenda, including unpopular plans to push back the retirement age.
• `Voting isn`t over, the legislative elections are the third round,` said Jordan Bardella, a close Le Pen ally, telling voters: `Don`t put all the power in Emmanuel Macron`s hands
7. Iran terms latest talks with S. Arabia `positive`
• Iran said on April 25, 2022 that the latest round of talks with its regional rival Saudi Arabia was `positive and serious` and voiced hope for further progress soon.
• Tehran and Riyadh, which severed diplomatic relations in 2016, held four rounds of talks in Iraq between April and September last year, with a fifth meeting last Thursday.
• `The fifth round of negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Baghdad …
• was positive and serious and saw progress,` foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters
8. UK hosts `world`s first vertiport` for drones, flying taxis
• A pop-up urban port for delivery drones and one day, potentially flying taxis was launched on April 25, 2022 in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as groundbreaking.
• Air-One, a so-called `vertiport` for drones and future electric vehicles taking off and landing vertically, was proclaimed as the first of its kind by proponents and heralding a new era of low-emission futuristic air transport.
• Based in Coventry, a former car manufacturing powerhouse in central England, the site will be used for a month-long showcase of the burgeoning industry.
• The inaugural flight symbolically lifted the six-bottle box of sparkling wine, weighing around 12 kilograms, from the launch pad
9. Musk clinches $44bn deal to buy Twitter
• Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash on April 25, 2022 in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world`s richest person.
• It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company that emerged as one of the world`s most influential public squares and now faces a string of challenges.
• Discussions over the deal, which last week appeared uncertain, accelerated over the weekend after Musk wooed Twitter shareholders with financing details of his offer.
• Under pressure, Twitter started negotiating with Musk to buy the company at the proposed $54.20 per share price
10. World`s oldest person dies in Japan at 119
• A Japanese woman certified the world`s oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said on April 25, 2022.
• Kane Tanaka was born Jan 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
• Tanaka was in relatively good health until recently and lived at a nursing home, where she enjoyed board games, solving maths problems, soda and chocolate.
• In her younger years, Tanaka ran various businesses including a noodle shop and a rice cake store. She married Hideo Tanaka a century ago in 1922, giving birth to four children and adopting a fifth
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