France

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron in the wake of the ruling party losing its majority in elections, but the head of state turned it down, the presidency said on Tuesday. Macron…
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France, Germany and Belgium confirmed their first cases of the monkeypox virus on Friday, joining European nations Spain, Italy, Portugal and Sweden, and Canada, Australia and the United States in reporting a disease endemic to parts of…
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France “strongly condemns” the expulsion of 34 of its diplomats by Russia, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, a tit-for-tat move by Moscow after Paris ordered some Russian staff to leave. Saying the step had “no legitimate basis,” the…
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed to build a stronger France and use a new method of governance as he was inaugurated for a second term in office. “I vow to build a planet that is more livable, a France that is more alive…
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Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential runoff last Sunday would have been choosing “between the plague and cholera.”…
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France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway, prosecutors said on Friday. The warrant was issued over $16.3 million (€15…
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In what has led to fresh concerns over a global spike in Covid cases, the BA.2 variant of the more infectious Omicron was believed to be spreading fast in March in some parts of Europe and China. France, Italy, Germany and the United…
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US President Joe Biden was to hold a video teleconference Monday with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain to discuss "the latest developments regarding Russia and Ukraine," the White House said. The call with French President…
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The Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain announced on Thursday that India is now on the green list for travel to France noting that the fully vaccinated travellers from India can enter France with no restrictions and those…
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France was speeding up its deployment of troops to bolster NATO's eastern flank in Romania after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Talking after an emergency summit with European Union leaders,…
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