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Top French women's football clubs start quest to land new trophy

France, Sept. 13 -- France's leading women's football clubs launch their campaigns on Saturday for the first ever Coupe LFFP, a new tournament that will see teams from the top two divisions battle it ... Read More


Afghanistan earthquake exposes Western inaction and new risks for women

France, Sept. 12 -- In the wake of a series of earthquakes that have devastated eastern Afghanistan, the humanitarian response remains critically underfunded, with Western donors slow to act and gende... Read More


Albania hopes world's first AI-generated minister can cut back corruption

France, Sept. 12 -- Albania is looking to artificial intelligence to tackle corruption in public finance, as Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints the world's first AI-generated government minister to over... Read More


France risks credit downgrade as new PM tackles budget

France, Sept. 12 -- France on Friday risks a downgrade on its ability to pay back debts, economists said, a move that would further complicate new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's task of drawing up... Read More


Relief for Chagos descendants as UK vote restores Mauritius sovereignty

France, Sept. 12 -- The United Kingdom's House of Commons this week adopted a bill on the handing back of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The decision has been welcomed by the descendants of thos... Read More


Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

France, Sept. 12 -- Once a modest Central Asian security forum, theShanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing's ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summitcasting President Xi ... Read More


France sends jets to Poland and summons Russian envoy over drone raid

France, Sept. 12 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said France will send three Rafale fighter jets to help protect Polish airspace after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid. France has a... Read More


France to deploy jets in Poland after drone incursion blamed on Russia

France, Sept. 12 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said France will send three Rafale fighter jets to help protect Polish airspace after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid. This comes a... Read More


Who is 'political animal' Sebastien Lecornu, France's latest prime minister?

France, Sept. 11 -- Sebastien Lecornu on Wednesday became France's fifth prime minister in less than two years. The former defence minister is seen as a consummate strategist and close ally of Preside... Read More


Russia and Belarus war games fuel European fears over Ukraine conflict

France, Sept. 11 -- Russia and Belarus are set to stage a massive military exercise in mid-September and with the war in Ukraine still raging, the move has raised concern across Europe. Germany has is... Read More