France
20 Jun 2023
French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma.
20 Jun 2023
Some of the most historic parts of Paris are being cordoned off on Tuesday for the first catwalk show by US superstar Pharrell Williams in his new role as artistic director for Louis Vuitton.
19 Jun 2023
France announced on Monday nearly 26 million euros (around $28 million) in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean.
15 Jun 2023
Amnesty International on Thursday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to pressure the visiting crown prince of the kingdom to spare seven young men facing execution for crimes committed while minors.
14 Jun 2023
Francophone Africa has increasingly scorned its former colonial master France, a political shift that at times has incited violence, and has been encouraged by Russian actors, according to a report published Wednesday.
13 Jun 2023
An unemployed French engineer went on trial Tuesday accused of shooting dead three people in 2021 in southeastern France as an alleged act of vengeance for failing to find a job.
13 Jun 2023
Some of the commentary on this month's European Athletics Team Championships will be generated by Artificial Intelligence, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Tuesday.
13 Jun 2023
Kylian Mbappe's future at Paris Saint-Germain was in serious doubt on Tuesday after the France superstar told AFP he had never discussed extending his contract with the club beyond next year
12 Jun 2023
An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead and her father seriously wounded when their Dutch neighbour in northwestern France opened fire, according to authorities.
9 Jun 2023
Two children were fighting for their lives a day after being stabbed by a man in a park in the French Alps, the government said Friday.
8 Jun 2023
A Syrian refugee suspected of stabbing six people in the French Alpine town of Annecy on Thursday did not appear to have a "terrorist motive", the local prosecutor told reporters.
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