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France, UK, Germany back face-to-face Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks

France, June 8 -- After meeting Zelensky Sunday at 10 Downing Street, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported his proposal... Read More


Scientists sound alarm on World Oceans Day as Trump axes deep-sea monitoring

France, June 8 -- The development is the latest blow to environmental and climate research, which has faced repeated budget cuts implemented since US President Donald Trump began his second term in of... Read More


From pew to pitch, Cameroonian priest builds bridges in French banlieue

France, June 7 -- Despite a fall in the number of people entering the priesthood in France, a recent study of church life in multicultural working-class suburbs pointed to a spiritual renewal in some ... Read More


Hard-left Melenchon launches 2027 campaign with broadside against National Rally

France, June 7 -- Melenchon used his first presidential campaign rally on Sunday to attack the National Rally, accusing the far-right party of promoting a form of "supremacism" that seeks to divide pe... Read More


Kosovo votes again in snap election as frustration grows over political gridlock

France, June 7 -- Polling stations opened at 7:00 am local time and are due to close 12 hours later, with exit polls expected soon afterwards. Preliminary results are expected late on Sunday. The vot... Read More


How overexploitation of sand is threatening ecosystems and livelihoods

France, June 7 -- From concrete towers and motorways to glass, microchips and cosmetics, modern economies depend on sand. Yet the vast scale of sand extraction remains largely ignored, despite mountin... Read More


Hegseth urges Europe to counter migrant 'invasion' in D-Day anniversary speech

France, June 6 -- Speaking on Saturday at the American military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, Hegseth marked the 82nd anniversary of the Allied landings in northern France by d... Read More


Could tackling climate change and levelling inequality go hand in hand?

France, June 6 -- Published on Thursday by the World Inequality Lab, the Global Justice Report presents a vision of a fairer world built within the planet's limits. Based on data from around the worl... Read More


Bernadette Chirac, France's formidable former first lady, dies aged 93

France, June 6 -- French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed her death on Saturday, saying he and his wife Brigitte had learned with "great sadness" of the passing of a woman who had helped shape Fren... Read More


US Ebola facility in Kenya fuels anger in a country with no cases

France, June 6 -- The centre at Nanyuki, near the Laikipia military base 190km north of Nairobi, is set to quarantine Americans arriving from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battli... Read More