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Insurance boss breaks ranks with French business elite over taxing the rich

France, Nov. 7 -- While many CEOs and France's wealthiest are resisting demands for greater fiscal fairness in the 2026 budget, Pascal Demurger, managing director of the MAIF insurance company, says h... Read More


Kidnapped, killed or silenced: Africa's journalists increasingly under threat

France, Nov. 6 -- Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed - often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom... Read More


French auditors slam Louvre bosses over lavish spending, weak security

France, Nov. 6 -- France's top auditors sharply criticised Louvre Museum bosses on Thursday for spending millions of euros on high-profile exhibitions and expensive purchases instead of improving secu... Read More


France urges EU to crack down on online seller Shein over illicit products

France, Nov. 6 -- France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday called on European Union business enforcers to get tough with the online platform Shein for defying trading rules, less than a ... Read More


Fighting spreads to North Kordofan as Sudan's war turns deadlier

France, Nov. 6 -- Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the... Read More


Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest president, sworn in for eighth term

France, Nov. 6 -- Paul Biya, who has been president of Cameroon for 43 years, was sworn in on Thursday for an eighth term, after a contested election that sparked mass protests and subsequent repressi... Read More


French interior minister admits concern over police actions during eco protest

France, Nov. 6 -- France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Thursday admitted that he was unhappy with the behaviour of police officers seen in video footage during a protest against a giant reservo... Read More


Injured Morocco skipper Hakimi at risk of missing Africa Cup of Nations

France, Nov. 6 -- Morocco skipper Achraf Hakimi faces a race against time to be ready for next month's Africa Cup of Nations after going off injured during Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash... Read More


World leaders face Amazon reckoning on a decade of climate promises

France, Nov. 6 -- World leaders arrive in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday for a high-stakes test of global climate promises, with vulnerable nations demanding far greater financial support and scient... Read More


Man rams car into pedestrians in France, wounding 10, prosecutor says

France, Nov. 5 -- A 35-year-old man Wednesday rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, wounding 10 people, including four seriously, a prosecutor said. Th... Read More