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Germany's Chancellor Merz kicks off China visit with landmark Airbus deal

France, Feb. 26 -- The deal, if signed, will be worth billions of euros and was announced alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang. It would also bolster Airbus production in Hamburg and Toulouse, potential... Read More


South Korean director Park Chan-wook to preside 2026 Cannes film festival

France, Feb. 26 -- Park's work "embodies the DNA of contemporary Korean cinema in every way", the festival organisers wrote in a statement, which praised South Koreaa as "a great film-making country".... Read More


South Korean director Park Chan-wook to preside at Cannes film festival

France, Feb. 26 -- Park's work "embodies the DNA of contemporary Korean cinema in every way", the festival organisers wrote in a statement, which praised South Koreaa as "a great film-making country".... Read More


PSG draw with Monaco to advance to Champions League last-16

France, Feb. 26 -- The defending champions progressed 5-4 on aggregate and for the second time in the two-leg play-off for a place in the last-16, they had to come from behind to set up the platform f... Read More


PSG draw with Monaco to advance to Champions League last 16

France, Feb. 26 -- The defending champions progressed 5-4 on aggregate and for the second time in the two-leg play-off for a place in the last 16, they had to come from behind to set up the platform f... Read More


Rachida Dati resigns as France's culture minister to focus on Paris mayor campaign

France, Feb. 26 -- Dati said on Wednesday evening that she had submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron less than three weeks before the first round of voting on 15 March. "Paris is the... Read More


Macron urges France's political parties to come clean on ties to violent fringes

France, Feb. 25 -- The demand came after a cabinet meeting convened in the aftermath of a march in Lyon in south-eastern France on 21 February to commemorate the death of nationalist activist QuentinD... Read More


Ghana's foreign minister urges Ukraine to release two Ghanaian POWs

France, Feb. 25 -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has drawn in mercenaries and foreign fighters on both sides of the conflict, including from several African countries. Ukraine said Wednesday t... Read More


French Senate backs New Caledonia reform, but consensus remains elusive

France, Feb. 25 -- Backed by a comfortable majority of 215 votes to 41 on Tuesday, the text - championed by the government as a pathway to renewed stability in the Pacific territory - now faces a far ... Read More


Madagascar charts a new course with France after Putin meeting in Moscow

France, Feb. 25 -- Madagascar's interim leader, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, has stepped onto the diplomatic stage with a brisk series of high-level visits - arriving in France just days after talks... Read More