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Global climate ‘rebellion’ sees mass arrests and blocked roads
World
October 8, 2019
Global climate ‘rebellion’ sees mass arrests and blocked roads
Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience…
Motive sought for deadly stabbing spree at Paris police HQ
World
October 4, 2019
Motive sought for deadly stabbing spree at Paris police HQ
Investigators combed an IT staffer’s computer Friday for clues to his motive for stabbing four colleagues to death at police…
Macron made last-minute bid to get Trump and Rouhani to talk in New York: sources
Middle East
October 2, 2019
Macron made last-minute bid to get Trump and Rouhani to talk in New York: sources
PARIS/WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Before leaving New York last week, French President Emmanuel Macron made a failed last-minute push to…
Former PM represents Egypt at Jacques Chirac’s funeral service
Egypt
October 1, 2019
Former PM represents Egypt at Jacques Chirac’s funeral service
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dispatched his assistant to national and strategic projects and Egypt’s former Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to…
World leaders set for final tribute to France’s Chirac
World
September 30, 2019
World leaders set for final tribute to France’s Chirac
Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are expected in Paris on Monday to pay their final respects…
Bracing for Brexit: French food companies fear cost of ‘no deal’
World
September 30, 2019
Bracing for Brexit: French food companies fear cost of ‘no deal’
White smoke billows from a chimney at a sugar beet factory in northern France, where a tanker truck is filling…
French queue to remember Chirac ahead of national mourning
World
September 27, 2019
French queue to remember Chirac ahead of national mourning
Mourners lined up at France’s presidential palace to pay their respects on Friday to former head of state Jacques Chirac,…
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86: family
World
September 26, 2019
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86: family
Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has…
UK, France Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
Middle East
September 24, 2019
UK, France Germany blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain, France and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for attacks on…
Around 1.42 mn tourists in Paris visit King Tutankhamun exhibit: Minister
Archaeology
September 23, 2019
Around 1.42 mn tourists in Paris visit King Tutankhamun exhibit: Minister
Around 1.42 million tourists visited the “King Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh” exhibition in Paris, which ran from March…