Tag: France
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French vote splits among left, center and far-right. With no majority, political paralysis threatens
French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed for form a ... -
Exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls
Voters across mainland France began casting ballots yesterday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of ... -
Sino-French ties bridging East-West differences
Pandas are a rare species found only in China. But the West first learned about the panda through French missionary Armand David more than 150 years ... -
Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he’d find ways to work ... -
France remains ‘le grand fromage’, and Camembert remains in a wooden box
The European Union has long known that the way to France’s heart is through its stomach. So, don’t touch the Camembert — never, ever. Yesterday [Macau ... -
France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical
France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a ... -
France rolls out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit
King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France yesterday meant to highlight the friendship between the two nations with great ... -
Paris’ test for Olympic swimming in the Seine canceled due to poor water quality
Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation yesterday of a swimming event in the River Seine that was to be a test for next ... -
France sets example against ‘decoupling’
Among the Western powers, France has distinguished itself with its diplomatic foresight and strategic autonomy, especially when it comes to handling relations with China. That France ... -
First panda born in France says goodbye and heads to China
Ensconced in a glass cage lined with bamboo shoots, the first panda ever born in France bid ‘’adieu’’ to the French zoo where it grew up ... -
Macron promotes French interests on a trip to South Pacific where US-China rivalry is intensifying
The French president is heading to the South Pacific to make France’s voice heard in a region shaping up as a prime geopolitical battleground for China ... -
Bill that allows police to locate suspects by tapping their devices is up for vote
French lawmakers planned to vote yesterday on a sweeping justice reform bill that includes a provision for allowing law enforcement agents to remotely tap into the ... -
Oak trusses raised to roof of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral
A crane hoisted massive oak trusses from a barge and onto Notre Dame Cathedral in a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged monument and bring it ... -
Macron weakened by crisis over teen killed by police
Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed allies’ help governing France. To get some things done he worked with the traditional right. The center-left helped the ... -
France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting
France will deploy 40,000 police officers overnight to quell violence that engulfed cities and towns in the wake of a deadly police shooting, France’s interior minister ... -
Macron calls for massive investment to respond to climate emergency and poverty at Paris summit
French President Emmanuel Macron called yesterday for concrete solutions and massive investment for developing countries at the start of a two-day summit aimed at seeking better ... -
Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital’s Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to ... -
Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages
If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 ... -
Macron vows to build back factories, boost economy
Building factories to boost job creation and make France more independent — that’s President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition for the French economy. It’s a big challenge, as ... -
In Macron’s country, streets and fields seethe with protest
A big day has come for French high school student Elisa Fares. At age 17, she is taking part in her first protest. In a country ... -
In Paris streets, heaps of garbage become protest symbol
Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing higher than a human being. A strike by Paris garbage ... -
Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit
French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been ... -
Iconic New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavor, “Breathless,” and stood for ... -
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released today (Tuesday) that ... -
Edith Piaf celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth
NEW YORK (AP) — Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital. The cabaret singer who once sang on ... -
France | Police to get better guns, more intel agents to fight terror
France announced sweeping new measures to counter homegrown terrorism yesterday, including giving security forces better weapons and protection, going on an intelligence agent hiring spree ... -
France | As Charlie Hebdo fronting Muhammad sells out, comic detained
Charlie Hebdo’s defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris yesterday, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the paper fronting the Prophet ... -
FRANCE | Charlie Hebdo publishing prophet cartoon on new cover
The surviving staff of Charlie Hebdo plans an unprecedented run of 3 million copies of the next issue today, with the Prophet Muhammad on the ... -
France is the third largest investor in Angola
Foreign direct investment from France in Angola totals over 10 billion euros and France is the country’s third biggest supplier, the Angolan Foreign minister, Georges Chikoti ... -
EXTREMISM | Hunt on for militants who beheaded French mountaineer
France’s defense minister said yesterday that Algerian forces are hunting for the Muslim extremists who beheaded a French mountaineer over France’s airstrikes on the Islamic State group. Jean-Yves Le ...
