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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter…
SANTIAGO, Chile — Traveling to attend the G20 Summit last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron extended his trip to South America and also visited Argentina and…
LONDON (AP) — British and French authorities have opened a probe into France-based defense group Thales for suspected bribery and corruption. In a statement Thursday, Britain's Serious…
French farmers stepped up their protests Tuesday against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, blocking a key motorway on the border with…
French farmers launched Monday a new wave of action to protest the adoption of a trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries they fear would threaten their…
CHICAGO – You don’t have to travel far to get a taste of France in Chicago. One weekend in November, the halls of Lycee Francais School are transformed into a market to kick off the…
France's upper house of parliament on Thursday rejected a bill to ban children under 16 from attending bullfights, which has sparked emotional debate. In a 237-64 vote, the Senate…
French military technology is being used in Sudan's brutal civil war in violation of a UN arms embargo, rights organisation Amnesty International has said. It says the Rapid Support Forces…
Michelin factory workers burnt tyres in western France on Tuesday and vowed to stage a strike after the tyre company said it would close two plants by early 2026 over collapsing sales.…
MICHELIN will close two factories in France by early 2026 affecting about 1,200 jobs, the French tyre maker said on Tuesday (Nov 5), the latest cutback in an European auto industry…
Hundreds of people gathered across France on Saturday, urging an end to "motorised violence" and calling for measures to ease tensions on the French capital's congested streets, days after…
Niger’s military leaders have renamed streets and monuments bearing French names, in the latest move to cut links with the country’s former colonial power. Avenue Charles de Gaulle in the…
red Tennis Court | Source: Wikimedia Commons 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 10 2024 | 8:06 PM IST Once known as the little Mozart of French tennis, Richard Gasquet is set to end his career…
NEW Chinese duties on European brandy imports would have “catastrophic” consequences for one of France’s top export sectors, the BNIC lobby group of Cognac producers said on Tuesday (Oct…
France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has proposed €60b ($66b) worth of spending cuts and tax hikes to help shrink the country’s deficit to 5% of economic output, down from the 6.1%…
BREST, France — The French Navy has ordered an autonomous underwater vehicle from Exail that will surveil critical infrastructure at depths of up to 6,000 meters, the company announced.…
PARIS (AP) — The stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as she and other officials from the French far-right party National Rally go on trial Monday over accusations of embezzling European…
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into…
The apparently pristine Gerardmer lake in the Vosges mountains of eastern France conceals a bleak legacy of 20th-century conflict -- dozens of tonnes of unexploded ordnance from the two…
AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has highlighted the…
MAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that…
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has completed the difficult task of forming a government and is expected to present the composition of the future cabinet to President Emmanuel…
Newly appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has clashed with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp over tax increases, according to French media reports on Wednesday. The…
France's budgetary situation is "very serious", Prime Minister Michel Barnier told AFP on Wednesday, saying more information was needed to gauge the "precise reality" of French public…
