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French president Emmanuel Macron has declared he will govern France like Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods, shortly after officials told the media his thought process was “too complex” for journalists to understand. Summoning over 900 politicians from both houses of the French parliament to a rare Congress at the palace of Louis XIV – the ‘Sun King’ – in Versailles, he threatened to overrule lawmakers with a referendum if they try to frustrate the “reforms” he wishes to impose on the legislature. Such assemblies are usually reserved for times of national crisis.Reuters reports him as saying he desires...

He claimed she hid her marital status and ageA young man in Sri Lanka’s Kuliyapitiya area said that a woman deceived him into marrying her and now he suffers from depression and disgrace. The 20-year-old youth lodged a complaint claiming that the woman not only hid her marital status but also her real age, reported ‘Gossip C Lanka’. She is 28 years old and a mother of one child, he claimed. She has been charged on two counts and ordered to pay a fine of [Sri Lankan] Rs1,000 for each charge. She also received a 15-year suspended sentence. The magistrate...

KITCHENER -- A Cambridge woman and her 25-year-old son were sentenced for incest and forgery yesterday for a five-year relationship that led to three more children in the family. The 42-year-old woman was sentenced to 43 months behind bars while her son was given a 19-month conditional sentence. They were found guilty in August of posing as husband and wife and having sex with each other between 1996 and 2001. They cannot be named to protect the identity of their two children, who are now in foster care. Their relationship only came to light after their third child, a 2-year-old...