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Police clear France's largest squat ahead of Paris Olympics

France, April 17 -- France's largest squat, which housed up to 450 mostly legal immigrants, was on Wednesday evacuated in the southern suburbs of Paris- 100 days ahead of the Olympic Games. The opera... Read More


UN falls short of billion-dollar pledge to tackle Ethiopia's hunger crisis

France, April 17 -- A UN donor conference held in Geneva had hoped to raise significant pledges towards a $1 billion target (€940 million) to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Eth... Read More


World oceans summit nets $10bn in sustainability pledges

France, April 17 -- More than 400 commitments amounting to $10 billion were made this week at an international summit on saving the oceans, host country Greece has said. The annual fundraiser, now in... Read More


EU looks to expand Iran sanctions after attack on Israel

France, April 17 -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that Brussels was starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after Tehran's attack on Israel, ahead of two day European leader... Read More


Russia welcome but Putin not invited to French D-Day anniversary

France, April 16 -- Russia but not President Vladimir Putin will be invited to the French ceremony marking 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings in Normandy, organisers said Tuesday. A host ... Read More


Germany's Scholz presses China over Russian threat to global security

France, April 16 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security. The move wasan apparent c... Read More


Macron hails Resistance martyrs ahead of 80th anniversary of D-Day landings

France, April 16 -- President Emmanuel Macron was due in the southern French town of Vassieux-en-Vercors on Tuesday to lead a tribute to the local MaquisResistance fighters, who launched an attack aga... Read More


Five years after devastating fire, race to rebuild Notre-Dame gains pace

France, April 15 -- Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, ravaged by a fire in April 2019, is on track to reopen on schedule and under budget by December 2024, five years later, the head of the reconstruction ... Read More


US President Joe Biden to meet Iraqi PM amid major Middle East tensions

France, April 15 -- US President Joe Biden will meet Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani at the White House Monday, after Iran's attack on Israel sent tensions soaring across the Middle East.... Read More


France intercepted Iranian drones during attack on Israel, calls for restraint

France, April 15 -- France took part in repelling Iran's attack on Israel Saturday night, shooting down drones over Jordan, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Monday. He said France would work to avo... Read More