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Cop31 opens in Turkey as climate funding and fossil fuels divide nations

France, Nov. 9 -- Cop31 runs until 20 November in Antalya, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Under an unusual arrangement agreed after both Turkey and Australia bid to host, Turkey holds the presidency... Read More


French PM's move to increase minimum wage fails to convince unions

France, Nov. 9 -- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced the proposals following a meeting with trade unions and employers' organisations called in response to protests and strikes since mid-Septe... Read More


South Africa's ANC slumps to worst-ever election result

France, Nov. 9 -- With no party winning outright in many municipalities, the results set the stage for fraught multiparty coalition negotiations to govern several major South African cities. South Af... Read More


'I still have nightmares': victim of police violence seeks justice six years on

France, Nov. 9 -- On 21 November 2020, France was under its second Covid-19 lockdown when police stopped Zecler outside his Paris studio, accusing him of failing to wear a mandatory face mask and susp... Read More


Melenchon bets on radical change as French presidential race takes shape

France, Nov. 9 -- Addressing more than 20,000 supporters at Le Bourget, north of Paris, on Saturday, the 75-year-old leader of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) movement rejected calls to soften his ... Read More


G7 talks in Paris weigh impact of US midterms on Trump's foreign policy

France, Nov. 9 -- The two-day meeting, relocated at short notice from Marseille on security grounds, following weeks of protests across France, is taking place at the French foreign ministry's headqua... Read More


Spanish tennis star Alcaraz defeats Shelton to claim Paris Masters title

France, Nov. 8 -- Second seed Carlos Alcaraz beat third seed Ben Shelton on Sunday to claim the Paris Masters crown for the first time. The Spaniard, who was off the circuit between April and August ... Read More


International athletes and stars who made their name at the Youth Olympic Games

France, Nov. 8 -- Julien Alfred (athletics) At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the Saint Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred swept through the field to beat the favourites, including Sha'Carri Richardson from ... Read More


French sailor Laperche sets record for Route du Rhum transatlantic sailing race

France, Nov. 8 -- The 29-year-old skipper of the SVR-Lazartigue completed the 3,542 nautical miles (6,560km) between Saint-Malo in north-western France and Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe in six days, 13... Read More


Bread shortage threatens to plunge more Sudanese into hunger

France, Nov. 8 -- Most bakeries in the capital Khartoum have shut their doors because of surging wheat prices and fuel shortages. Mahmoud, 44, says she and her husband now spend their combined salari... Read More