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EU begins rollout of new AI rules with tech giants split on compliance

France, Aug. 2 -- As major tech firms respond to the EU's new AI code, Europe is taking its first big step towards regulating powerful artificial intelligence systems. The rules come into effect on S... Read More


France faces rearmament strain as NATO steps up defence demands

France, Aug. 1 -- NATO's rearmament plans could generate an annual market of €45 billion over the next decade in France and create more than 500,000 jobs. But the country's industrial capacity i... Read More


Africa braces for fallout as US tariff deadline is pushed back a week

France, Aug. 1 -- African countries have gained an extra week to renegotiate trade terms with Washington, with new US tariffs- including steep hikes for South Africa and Algeria- now due to take effec... Read More


South Sudan turns US deportations to its diplomatic advantage

France, Aug. 1 -- South Sudan has reportedly signalled a willingness to accept more deportees from the United States - in a move that could serve as diplomatic leverage in its tense relationship with ... Read More


France halts Gaza evacuations over antisemitic posts by Palestinian student

France, Aug. 1 -- France has suspended all evacuations from Gaza while it investigates how a student accused of sharing violently antisemitic content online was allowed to enter the country and enrol ... Read More


Vice-president of France's National Assembly files complaint for racial hatred

France, Aug. 1 -- Nadege Abomangoli, vice-president of France's National Assembly and an MP, has filed a complaint for racist and sexist hatred after receiving an anonymous letter questioning her legi... Read More


France to begin air-dropping 40 tonnes of food aid into Gaza

France, Aug. 1 -- France will begin air-dropping 40 tonnes of food supplies into the Gaza Strip from Jordan on Friday. The territory has been under a full blockade imposed by Israel for several months... Read More


Trump unveils sweeping new global tariffs but delays deadline by a week

France, Aug. 1 -- US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a wave of new tariffs on imports from more than 90 countries. The levies - ranging from 10 to 41 percent - had been d... Read More


France supports Belgium's push to block US destruction of contraceptives

France, July 31 -- France has confirmed it is monitoring a US plan to incinerate millions of dollars worth of unused contraceptives in Europe - a move aid groups say is ideologically driven and medica... Read More


Indigenous Kenyans forced off ancestral lands in name of conservation: NGOs

France, July 31 -- Indigenous communities in northern Kenya are being pushed off their land to make way for wildlife reserves, human rights groups say. They accuse conservation groups of using tourism... Read More