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'In two days, it all came crashing down': A French-Syrian family torn apart

France, Aug. 7 -- The fall of Bashar al-Assad allowed theAbou Latif family torealise their dream of returning to their homeland of Syria this summer. But they found themselves caught up in the fightin... Read More


Macron calls for tougher stance on Algerian diplomats amid deportation row

France, Aug. 7 -- French President EmmanuelMacron has asked his government to tighten visa requirements for Algeriandiplomats, as the diplomatic crisis over the deportation of Algerian nationalsescala... Read More


Ghana declares mourning after ministers killed in helicopter crash

France, Aug. 7 -- Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. The crash happened in a forested area in t... Read More


UK says first migrants held under return deal with France

France, Aug. 7 -- The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats. The agre... Read More


Singles champions to get record prize money at 2025 US Open

France, Aug. 7 -- Winners of the men's and women's singles championships at the US Open next month will receive a record $5 million in prize money, tennis chiefs in the United States confirmed on Thur... Read More


French court to rule on agriculture law that poses threat to bees and nature

France, Aug. 6 -- France's top court will rule on Thursday whether to approve a controversial law that could bring back a banned pesticide. More than two million people have signed a petition calling ... Read More


Outcry in Cameroon as opposition leader Kamto barred from presidential race

France, Aug. 6 -- Cameroon's Constitutional Council has confirmed opposition leader Maurice Kamto will not be allowed to run in the October presidential election. The ruling upholds a decision made l... Read More


Poland's new president brings hard line on refugees, abortion and rule of law

France, Aug. 6 -- Karol Nawrocki's inauguration as Poland's new president on Wednesday has set the stage for a turbulent power struggle with Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European government and ra... Read More


Man arrested after lighting cigarette using French war memorial flame

France, Aug. 6 -- French police were on Wednesday considering whether to charge a man who was arrested for lighting a cigarette using the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, under the Ar... Read More


Eighty years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer

France, Aug. 6 -- Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Like thousands of other ethnic Koreans working in... Read More