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Last hurrah: Senegal's Sadio Mane

France, May 30 -- Only one of Mane's 53 goals for Senegal has come at a World Cup. He scored the solitary strike in his haul in a group stage game against Japan in Ekaterinburg during the 2018 tournam... Read More


Can the French cinema industry take on its biggest financial backer?

France, May 30 -- "I do not want to work with people who call me a crypto-fascist," Saada said last week, referring to the 600 people in the film industry who had signed the letter, including leading ... Read More


PSG coach Enrique dismisses favourites tag before Arsenal showdown

France, May 30 -- PSG walloped Inter Milan 5-0 in last season's final in Munich to lift European football's most coveted trophy for the first time. Should they beat the English Premier League champio... Read More


Hungarian PM Peter Magyar seeks release of frozen EU funds in Brussels talks

France, May 29 -- The meeting comes during Magyar's two-day visit to Brussels, his first official trip to the EU's seat since his Tisza Party won a two-thirds election victory in a high-turnout vote t... Read More


EU unlocks €16bn for Hungary, as new PM Magyar presses on with reforms

France, May 29 -- Von der Leyen announced the release of funds that had been frozen under the divisive rule of former prime minister Viktor Orban, following talks with his pro-Europe successor Peter M... Read More


Hajj pilgrimage becoming more dangerous due to global heating, report warns

France, May 29 -- The hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, one of the most arid places on the planet, is one of the world's largest religious gatherings - at which hundreds of thousands o... Read More


Abdoulaye Wade at 100: from challenger to 'old lion' of Senegalese politics

France, May 29 -- Officially Abdoulaye Wade was born in Saint-Louis on 29 May 1926, the son of a wealthy merchant from Kebemer in the north of Senegal. His father had also been a tirailleur, a colonia... Read More


Hungary police say 'no grounds' to ban Budapest Pride parade

France, May 29 -- Prime Minister Peter Magyar, a pro-EU conservative who ousted Orban from office after 16 years in April elections, has regularly voiced support for equality and freedom of assembly. ... Read More


TotalEnergies faces pressure at AGM over war gains and fossil fuel plans

France, May 29 -- TotalEnergies has good news for its shareholders: it reported record profits of $5.8 billion in the first quarter of 2026 - helped in part by the crisis in the Middle East, which sen... Read More


France to investigate treatment of nationals on Gaza flotilla after reports of abuse

France, May 29 -- "Based on a report I requested from our Consul General in Turkey, who informed me of sexual violence, exposure to the cold, beatings, and repeated humiliation of French nationals, al... Read More