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French tax on high earners disappoints as wealthy find ways to shield income

France, Jan. 23 -- The tax on top earners that was introduced last year is expected to raise only €650 million this year compared to the €1.65 billion initially forecast, sources at the Mi... Read More


Cattle virus epidemic keeps star attraction away from Paris Agriculture Show

France, Jan. 23 -- Biguine arrived by boat several months ago from the French Caribbean island territory to Franche-Comte, in eastern France. Biguine's owner, farmer Andre Prosper from the north-east... Read More


Macron hosts Lebanon's PM to discuss ceasefire, Hezbollah disarmament

France, Jan. 23 -- Salam, who has been in office for less than a year and is visiting Macron for the second time, is expected at the Elysee Palace at 5pm. Macron "will reiterate his commitment to ful... Read More


EU seeks stability after Trump steps back on Greenland and tariffs

France, Jan. 23 -- Tensions between the United States and the European Unioneased shortly before Thursday's emergency meeting in Brussels when Trump said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he w... Read More


France urged to act as rising masculinism flagged as security threat

France, Jan. 22 -- In its annual report on sexism, the High Council for Gender Equality, an advisory body attached to the office of the prime minister, on Wednesday said France was falling worryingly ... Read More


How young Iraqis end up fighting on the Russian-Ukrainian front

France, Jan. 22 -- "Are you young, healthy and between the ages of 18 and 40? Sign a contract with the Russian Federal Army. The reward: a signing bonus of between $8,000 and $30,000, and a salary of ... Read More


French navy intercepts sanctioned Russian tanker in Mediterranean

France, Jan. 22 -- The French Navy boarded and searched the tanker, named the Grinch, in the western Mediterranean between the southern coast of Spain and the northern coast of Morocco, French maritim... Read More


Half of 2024 global emissions produced by just 32 fossil fuel firms, study finds

France, Jan. 22 -- With the use of oil, gas and coal by far the main cause of global warming, a report released by Carbon Majorson Wednesday highlights the role played by a small group of fossil fuel ... Read More


Kurds in Syria 'sacrificed' says head of Kurdish Institute of Paris

France, Jan. 22 -- On Tuesday, the Syrian Defence Ministry announced a ceasefire with Kurdish forces and gave them four days to agree to integrate into the forces of President Ahmed al-Sharaa - the Is... Read More


Drone attacks shock city in central Sudan as war inches closer

France, Jan. 22 -- The city is one ofSudan's most important and the capital of North Kordofan state, part of the widerKordofan regionthat stands between the RSF's Darfur stronghold and the army-contro... Read More