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Paris Olympics 'net cost' drops to €2.8bn, government think tank says

France, Dec. 16 -- The figure is "considerably reduced" from the 6.6 billion euros announced by the national audit body in September with the adjustment reflecting the estimated impact on employment a... Read More


DRC: M23 says it will withdraw from key city of Uvira

France, Dec. 16 -- The militia captured most of the town last week, in a move Burundi called a "middle finger" to the US after the signing of a peace deal in Washington. The group "will unilaterally ... Read More


EU set to ease 2035 combustion-engine ban amid auto industry pressure

France, Dec. 16 -- The European Commission is expected to propose easing the European Union's effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035 this Tuesday, as Brussels weighs how best t... Read More


France urges delay as EU pushes ahead with Mercosur trade deal

France, Dec. 15 -- Paris said that the conditions were not yet right for EU member states to approve the agreement, urging the bloc to postpone upcoming deadlines to allow more work on safeguards for ... Read More


Trial of NGO workers accused of assisting 'illegal' migration opens in Tunisia

France, Dec. 15 -- Six staff members of the Tunisian branch of the France Terre d'Asile aid group, along with 17 municipal workers from the eastern city of Sousse, face charges of sheltering migrants ... Read More


Zelensky in Berlin as Ukraine weighs NATO compromise and EU funding fight

France, Dec. 15 -- Zelensky spent more than five hours on Sunday in talks with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, meeting under heavy securit... Read More


UN to assess refugee strategy, funding at global forum

France, Dec. 15 -- Governments, civil society, the private sector and academics will jointly assess progress over the last few years and put forward new solutions at a Global Refugee Forumreview meeti... Read More


UN to assess refugee strategy

France, Dec. 15 -- Governments, civil society, the private sector and academics will jointly assess progress over the last few years and put forward new solutions at a Global Refugee Forumreview meeti... Read More


Pont Neuf rewrapped: how Paris's oldest bridge became new again

France, Dec. 14 -- It was September 1985, and creative partners Christo and Jeanne-Claude had been trying to realise their vision of wrapping the bridge for 10 years. The longtime mayor of Paris, Jac... Read More


France's Flamanville nuclear reactor reaches full power for first time

France, Dec. 14 -- "14 December 2025 marks a key step: the Flamanville 3 reactor reached 100% nuclear power at 11:37am and generated 1,669 MW of gross electrical power," EDF said in a statement, a few... Read More