French President Emmanuel Macron tests positive for COVID-19

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday, although it was not clear at this stage whe...

coronavirus , Macron

OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

France’s Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won’t accept violence

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he respected Muslims who were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad but that was no excuse for...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , Muslims , Prophet Mohammad

Sport to continue in France despite lockdown – minister

By Reuters,

Elite sport will continue in France despite a nationwide lockdown announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, sports minister Roxana Maracine...

COVID-19 , France , lockdown , Roxana Maracineanu

President Kenyatta kicks off France visit at Elysee Palace

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official visit to France on Wednesday evening at Elysee Palace where he was received by his French host Emmanu...

FIDA: Withdraw VAT Bill President Uhuru Kenyatta , in france

Facebook stops French man streaming his dying days

By CNN,

Facebook has prevented a French man with an incurable illness from streaming his own death on the social media site, according to a company statement....

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Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190

By Reuters,

The death toll from this month’s Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon’s caretaker gov...

Beirut

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