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28 Jan
There is anger and uncertainty in the air across the country over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s incessant private trips to Paris, France.
17 Jan
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday sought to breathe new life into his final term with a promise for a "stronger and fairer" France, at a rare news conference peppered with a string of announcements aimed at forging greater civic responsibility and security.
9 Jan
French leader Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government. Following days of speculation, Macron late Monday accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne, 62, who stepped down along with the…
9 Jan
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday was expected to name a new prime minister in a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle to reboot the final three years of his presidency.
4 Jan
Inflation in the eurozone's second-largest economy France accelerated in December, official data showed Thursday, with food prices a persistent sore point for consumers.
28 Dec
A 33-year-old French man has admitted killing his wife and their four children, saying he "heard voices" telling him to "cause harm", the public prosecutor said on Thursday. French police on Tuesday arrested a man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his Haitian-born wife and their children, aged nine months and…
26 Dec
A plane grounded in France for days over concerns it was part of a human trafficking scheme landed in India Tuesday, with its passengers avoiding media questions as they quickly exited bustling Mumbai airport. The Airbus A340 initially had been bound for Nicaragua when it was detained last Thursday at Vatry airport, east of Paris,…
26 Dec
French police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of murdering a mother and her four children found dead at home on Christmas Day, a law enforcement source said. Authorities discovered the bodies of the woman and her children, aged nine months, four, seven, and 10 years old in their flat in the town of Meaux…
24 Dec
Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking.
22 Dec
The French parliament has passed a controversial immigration law that restricts family reunification for migrants, delays access to welfare benefits, and creates a two-tier system of citizen and non-citizen rights. The legislation, supported by President Emmanuel Macron but backed by both his centrist party and the far-right National Rally, has sparked outrage from the left…
22 Dec
A UK teen who resurfaced in France six years after going missing, has told a newspaper that he decided to return to Britain because he wanted a better future.
21 Dec
A French appeals court on Thursday jailed a Chilean man for the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend in 2016. Having lost in the lower and the appeal court, Zepeda's legal team swiftly announced that he will take his case to France's highest appeals court. Nicolas Zepeda was first sentenced in April last year to 28…

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