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EU considers 'brake clause' in race to agree on 2040 climate goals

France, Nov. 3 -- EU ministers are closing in on a deal for the bloc's 2040 climate target, with a proposed 'brake clause' offering flexibility if Europe's forests fail to absorb enough carbon. The s... Read More


French MPs scramble to strike budget deal as deadline looms

France, Nov. 3 -- French MPs will on Monday resume their race against time to draft a budget bill to be pushed through parliament by the end of the year. On Friday, during negotiations over how to ra... Read More


EU urges Tanzanian authorities to show restraint following Hassan's poll win

France, Nov. 2 -- The European Union on Sunday urged the Tanzanian authorities to exercise "maximum restraint in order to preserve human lives," following violence during the re-election of President ... Read More


Tanzania's opposition condemns vote as President Hassan calls for unity

France, Nov. 2 -- Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema on Sunday rejected President Samia Suluhu Hassan'slandslide victoryin elections that triggered deadlyprotestsacross the country over the excl... Read More


Four Bulgarians jailed for Paris Holocaust Memorial vandalism linked to Russia

France, Nov. 1 -- Four Bulgarians were sentenced to between two and four years in prisonfor their involvementin spray-paintingblood-red handson Paris' Holocaust Memorial in an act of vandalism that Fr... Read More


Hassan sweeps to victory in disputed Tanzanian presidential election

France, Nov. 1 -- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results revealed on Saturday. The final count showed that Hassan's Revolution Party (Chama Cha... Read More


French PM Lecornu faces new headache after MPs reject tax on ultra rich

France, Nov. 1 -- France's Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu was on Saturday confronting the prospect of more political wrangling after MPs rejected a wealth tax. The decision could bring down his gove... Read More


Over €1.5 billion pledged for Africa's Great Lakes region at Paris conference

France, Oct. 31 -- At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announcedthat €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwh... Read More


French lawmakers haggle over tax on ultra-rich

France, Oct. 31 -- As France's parliament enters the final days of trying to agree on a belt-tightening budget for 2026, lawmakers are voting Friday on a wealth tax that left-wingers say will help red... Read More


Artificial intelligence could transform France's job market - but it's still early days

France, Oct. 31 -- With the announcement this week that tech giant Amazon will cut 14,000 jobs, the era of AI-related redundancies appears to be well and truly under way. While restructuring and a slo... Read More