Neymar fires PSG to French Cup title

By Reuters,

Paris St Germain’s Neymar struck early to secure a 1-0 win over 10-man St Etienne as they claimed a record-extending 13th Coupe de France on Friday ...

Coupe de France , French Cup , neymar , PSG , St Etienne , Thomas Tuchel

Italy becomes third country to top 30,000 Covid-19 deaths

By VOA,

Italy on Friday became the third country to record more than 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, with only Britain and the United States reporting mor...

coronavirus , italy

Coronavirus: France suspends rent, utility bills owed by small companies

By CNN,

France has announced that it is suspending rent and utility bills owed by small companies due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a televised speech Mo...

coronavirus

UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit: Sunday Times

By CNN,

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard b...

Britain , European union , Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Ukraine calls for more peace talks after four soldiers killed

By Muia Joseph,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to resume talks on a peaceful solution to the separatist confl...

Eastern Donbass , Enemy shelling , Russian troops , Ukrainian soldiers

Iran reduces commitment to 2015 nuclear deal

By Reuters,

Iran said on Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, raising its uranium enrichment level beyond...

Iran , Nuclear Deal

France calls on G-7 to double girls’ education funding in Africa’s Sahel

By VOA,

France wants the world’s leading industrial economies to double funding for girls' education in the Sahel at a summit next month in the French town ...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , The United Nations (UN) , United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

New deal or no deal: How will Britain’s next PM deliver Brexit?

By Reuters,

The toughest job for Britain’s next prime minister will be to leave the European Union. But the new leader will have few options: find a divorce ...

Boris Johnson , brexit , British prime minister , European union

Lyon’s explosion prompts a possible terrorism investigation

By CNN,

An explosion on Friday that injured 13 people in Lyon, France has prompted a national investigation into possible terrorism. The blast occurred in ...

attack , Bomb , Explosion , France , investigations , Lyon , terror , terrorism , wounded

French Military Frees Foreign Hostages from Burkina Faso

By VOA,

French special forces have rescued four foreign hostages from Burkina Faso but lost two of their elite soldiers in the mission. France’s military...

Italy, France celebrate Da Vinci’s genius on 500th anniversary of his death

By VOA,

Events have begun in Italy and France to celebrate the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vince on the 500th anniversary of his death. In his Tuscan homet...

French police fire tear gas at protesters in Paris May Day rally

By Reuters,

French police fired tear gas to push back masked demonstrators in central Paris on Wednesday as thousands of people used an annual May Day rally to pr...

France , May Day , Paris

France in a rush to train skilled workers to restore Notre-Dame

By Reuters,

France is in a hurry to rebuild world famous Notre-Dame Cathedral, and Romain Legoube, an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter, hopes to be among those ch...

Fire , France , Notre-Dame Cathedral , President Emmanuel Macron

Climate change protesters block access to French multinationals

By Reuters,

Climate activists blocked hundreds of employees from entering the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale, state-run utility EDF and oil giant To...

Climate change protesters , French , Greenpeace

Debate over future Notre-Dame spire fuels French divisions

By Reuters,

President Emmanuel Macron might have hoped he was striking a note for modernity and openness in announcing an international competition to design a ne...

Elysee Palace , France , Notre-Dame , President Emmanuel Macron

France asks: should Notre-Dame’s spire be rebuilt as it was?

By Reuters,

France will open the redesign of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral’s historic spire to international architects after Monday night’s catastrophic blaz...

France , Notre-Dame Cathedral

Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild

By Reuters,

A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world. Firefighters howe...

Notre-Dame Cathedral

EU, Britain agree on Brexit pause to Oct. 31

By VOA,

European Union leaders gave Theresa May a new Brexit deadline of Oct. 31, four months longer than the prime minister asked for, in a move the EU summi...

brexit , EU

EU to grant PM May a Brexit delay, with conditions

By Reuters,

European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but will argue over how long...

angela merkel , brexit , European union , President Emmanuel Macron , Theresa May

EU to grant Brexit delay but may demand a longer extension and conditions

By Reuters,

The European Union will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but the bloc’s leaders are lik...

brexit , French President Emmanuel Macron , Prime Minister Theresa May