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Macron leads Elysee crisis talks over spiralling Marseille drug violence

France, Nov. 19 -- The emergency meeting held at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday brought together senior ministers, judicial police officials and specialised magistrates as the government seeks to projec... Read More


Macron, Merz push for Europe's digital sovereignty as AI race accelerates

France, Nov. 18 -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron will join forces on Tuesday to make a fresh push for greater European digital sovereignty - and reduce the cont... Read More


Greenpeace claims French resumption of nuclear trade with Russia

France, Nov. 18 -- Greenpeace published video that it said its activists shot on Saturday of around 10 containers with radioactive labels going onto a cargo ship in Dunkirk. The Panamanian-registered... Read More


French bosses parade choice of investing billions in homegrown firms

France, Nov. 17 -- Some 200 corporations, small and medium enterprises and start-ups, professional federations as well as labour and employer organisations gathered in Paris on Monday for thegovernmen... Read More


France's Macron and Ukraine's Zelensky pave way for jets and air defence deal

France, Nov. 17 -- The accord was signed at the Velizy-Villacoublay airbase some 30 km south-west of Paris. It sets out possible future contracts for Ukraine to get the jets and their weapons as well... Read More


Frenchman detained in Venezuela begins recovery from ordeal

France, Nov. 17 -- Castro, 41, arrived on Sunday at Orly airport just outside Paris several hours after President Emmanuel Macron revealed on social media that he would be freed. "Long live liberty, ... Read More


Can a global health conference on tobacco control kick butts?

France, Nov. 17 -- Some 1,400 delegates representing governments, international organisations and civil society will converge in Switzerland for the 11thconference of the parties to the World Health O... Read More


Asian hornet explosion leaves Alsace beekeepers fighting for their hives

France, Nov. 16 -- Armed with thermal-imaging binoculars, beekeepers in Alsace have taken to tracking insects with forensic zeal. Their target is the Asian hornet, an invasive predator whose numbers ... Read More


Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus: Africa CDC

France, Nov. 16 -- The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest known pathogens. Like Ebola, it causes severe bleeding, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea and has a 21-day incubation period. Also like Ebola,... Read More


Climate change threatens Morocco's camels, and with them its cultural heritage

France, Nov. 16 -- The Amhayrich camel market, in the desert just outside the town of Guelmim in southern Morocco, is the largest and most popular in the country. "This market is known all over Moroc... Read More