(MENAFN) Wildfires that ignited Tuesday in southern France have begun to ease, yet multiple regions continue to battle active flames, local sources report. In Marseille, within the Mediterranean Bouches-du-Rhone department, the blaze is showing...
(MENAFN) Olivier Marleix, a senior French lawmaker and vocal critic of President Emmanuel Macron, was found dead at his home in Anet, Eure-et-Loir. Authorities have indicated that the cause of death is likely suicide, with no signs of foul play,...
MACAU, July 9 - To promote the development of Macao’s cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) sector and to enhance international exchange and cooperation with a view to leveraging Macao’s role in connecting with both the Mainland and the world, the...
(MENAFN) A massive wildfire that ignited Monday in France’s southern Aude region has already scorched 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) and continues to burn into Tuesday, according to French media. As the blaze rages on, three additional departments...
DUBAI, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freedom Boat Club, the world’s largest boat club and a Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) business and brand, today announced its expansion into the Middle East market with the upcoming launch of Freedom Boat...
(MENAFN) Niger’s military-led government has declared the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously operated by the French state-owned nuclear energy company Orano. The announcement follows the expiration of Orano’s mining agreement...
(MENAFN) Togo has suspended French state-owned media outlets France 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI) for three months, citing repeated breaches of journalistic standards such as impartiality, accuracy, and fact-checking. The country’s...
(MENAFN) A joint UK-French proposal to send troops to Ukraine following a potential ceasefire with Russia is struggling to gain momentum and is straining relations between London and Paris, Politico reported on Monday, citing officials. French...
(MENAFN) French police have begun slashing inflatable boats used by migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, a new tactic aimed at curbing illegal migration to the UK, according to BBC footage aired on Friday. The video showed officers...
(MENAFN) China and France have pledged to deepen their partnership in support of multilateralism and greater global coordination during a high-level meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Paris....
Small boat arrivals are rising again, despite hundreds of millions given to France to police the Channel France is “doing [its] best” to stop small boat crossings and has been “strengthening cooperation” with the UK, according to Sylvie Bermann,...
A knife-wielding attacker was shot in the leg by police in the run-up to yesterday's Tour de France finish in Rouen. According to French outlet Le Parisien, the attacker was a 21-year-old man, who appeared disorientated and was on the run from a...
President of the French National Rally party Jordan Bardella in Paris in 2024. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)The headquarters of France's far-right National Rally party were raided by police Wednesday, its president Jordan Bardella said,...
PARIS (Reuters) -French police raided Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) headquarters on Wednesday over alleged campaign finance violations and fraud, prompting its president Jordan Bardella to decry a "new harassment campaign" against the...
President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady attended a lavish state banquet hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, the first French state visit in 17 years. Royal elegance, Franco-British camaraderie and global diplomacy on full...
Police raided the headquarters of France's far-right National Rally party Wednesday, in what officials said was an investigation into alleged fraud, illegal loans and forged documents relating to the party's successful elections of recent years....
(MENAFN) Wildfires that ignited Tuesday in southern France have begun to ease, yet multiple regions continue to battle active flames, local sources report. In Marseille, within the Mediterranean Bouches-du-Rhone department, the blaze is showing...
PARIS France's parliament on July 7 approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. The Djidji Ayokwe drum is a communication...
Mistral AI is also in talks to secure hundreds of millions of euros in debt from French lenders. Mistral AI, Europe's largest artificial intelligence startup and a competitor to OpenAI, is in talks to raise $1 billion in equity from investors,...
French President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to the United Kingdom. The three-day trip is the first to the country by a leader of a member state of the European Union since Britain left the bloc in 2020. Macron was welcomed by King Charles...
