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EU and China open crunch trade talks in Beijing on hybrid car exports

France, Oct. 8 -- Sefcovic and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will co-chair the second EU-China Trade and Investment Council, with negotiations expected to continue into late Friday. Brussels ... Read More


Bad Cop, worse Cop? EU tempers hopes for UN climate summit

France, Oct. 8 -- The UN gathering in Antalya is being framed by Brussels as more about "implementation" than major announcements, with a focus on efforts to replace fossil fuels with electricity thro... Read More


United States accused of exploiting migrant suffering with Africa deportations

France, Oct. 8 -- United States deportation policy has expanded sharply since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, with his administration striking agreements with gover... Read More


Ethiopian drone strikes hit Eritrean forces in northern Tigray city

France, Oct. 8 -- Relations between the two neighbouring countries, who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, have again deteriorated in recent months. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing rebels in ... Read More


French students return to streets despite government bid to ease crisis

France, Oct. 8 -- The number of schools disrupted by the protests fell by around 30 percent on Thursday, the Education Ministry said. Of France's 3,700 secondary schools, 224 remained completely close... Read More


French PM Lecornu denies police crackdown as France's student protests intensify

France, Oct. 8 -- Speaking in a televised address on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said France could not remain "indifferent" to the concerns being raised by high school students... Read More


Three years on from the 7 October attacks, war has redrawn the map of Palestine

France, Oct. 7 -- "What is unfolding in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem are not isolated incidents, but rather a malicious colonial project aimed at making life more difficult for Palestinians ... Read More


US top diplomat Rubio says West must choose 'national power' or decline

France, Oct. 7 -- "We are at an inflection point ... not only in the history of my nation but an inflection point in the whole of our civilisation," Rubio said in a speech beneath the Acropolis. "Eit... Read More


African Union to launch continent's first credit rating agency in Mauritius

France, Oct. 7 -- The ‌opening of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), which will be based in Port Louis, Mauritius, comes eight years after the African Union (AU) first endorsed its creatio... Read More


'I became their slave': Israeli hostage recounts 500 days in Hamas captivity

France, Oct. 7 -- Israel marked the third anniversary of the 7 October attacks on Wednesday with silent tributes to remember the 1,221 people killed on the deadliest day in the country's history. Isr... Read More