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France to seize drug users' phones in crackdown on prison attacks

France, April 24 -- France will start seizing drug users' phones across the country as part of a crackdown on gangs blamed for a wave of prison attacks. The move expands a trial in Bayonne aimed at st... Read More


DR Congo government, M23 make joint declaration to work towards ceasefire deal

France, April 24 -- The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have jointly pledged to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce. The surpri... Read More


Energy crisis looms large as Macron makes rare visit to Madagascar

France, April 23 -- French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Madagascar on Wednesday, where power cuts, stalled dam projects and a troubled state energy firm are set to dominate the first visit by a ... Read More


World's coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens

France, April 23 -- An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, ... Read More


Kenyan president visits China as country pivots away from the US

France, April 23 -- Kenyan President William Ruto has begun a five-day state visit to China, signalling a deepening of strategic and economic ties between the nations. Ruto's first state visit to Chin... Read More


Apple fined €500m and Meta €200m for breaking EU digital competition law

France, April 23 -- EU watchdogs fined Apple €500m after concluding it prevented developers from steering customers outside its App Store. In a separate case it alsofined Facebook parent company... Read More


Catholics gather to say goodbye as Pope Francis lies in state

France, April 23 -- Pope Francis's body was transported to Saint Peter's Basilica on Wednesday where he will lie in state before his funeral on Saturday.The late Pope's open wooden coffin was carried ... Read More


Macron promises vaccines as chikungunya kills baby on Reunion Island

France, April 23 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has promised more support to fight chikungunya on La Reunion, after a baby died from the virus - the seventh death in an outbreak that has infected... Read More


France and Madagascar wrangle over sovereignty of Scattered Islands

France, April 23 -- French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Madagascar for a regional summit has brought fresh attention to a long-running dispute over the Îles Eparses - a group of tiny isla... Read More


Leaders and believers around the world pay tribute to 'everyone's pope'

France, April 22 -- As the Vatican announces that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10am local time, world leaders, representatives of other religions and the Catholic faithfu... Read More