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Study confirms Covid vaccines did not increase mortality rates in France

France, Dec. 5 -- In a research paper published on Thursday in Jama Network Open, the French epidemiological group Epi-Phare - which brings together the national medicines agency ANSM and the health i... Read More


Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note

France, Dec. 5 -- Far from the imposing Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the two leaders held talks, Xi and First Lady Peng Liyuan showed Macron and his wife Brigitte around the centuries-old... Read More


Dutch royal visit brings €66m fund for Suriname slavery descendants

France, Dec. 5 -- The announcement came during this week's three-day visit by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, who arrived in Paramaribo on Sunday. The trip marks 50 years since Suriname gained... Read More


Rwanda and DR Congo begin complex peace process after signing US-brokered deal

France, Dec. 5 -- Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame, the longtime president of Rwanda, officially signed the "Washington Agreements for Peace and Stability" in the US capital on Thu... Read More


Four countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

France, Dec. 5 -- After a meeting in Geneva Thursday, the European Broadcasting Union, or EBU, decided not to call a vote on Israel's participation, saying it had instead passed new rules aimed at dis... Read More


EU agrees deal on genetically edited crops, sparking renewed debate

France, Dec. 4 -- New genomic techniques (NGT) add, remove or tweak small sections of DNA using precise gene editing tools. Plants made this way differ from traditional genetically modified organisms,... Read More


Washington summit on DRC-Rwanda relations aims for peace despite deep mistrust

France, Dec. 4 -- The aim of the meeting on Thursday between DRC's PresidentFelix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's PresidentPaul Kagame aims to ratify two agreements already signed by their teams. However, wi... Read More


EU backs plan to drop Russian gas by 2027 as reliance continues to fall

France, Dec. 4 -- Under the agreement, LNG imports will end by the close of 2026 and pipeline gas will stop by the end of September 2027. These dates mark one of the final steps in cutting the revenue... Read More


French tap water tainted by widespread forever chemicals, study finds

France, Dec. 4 -- The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) analysed more than 600 tap water samples and the same number of raw water samples taken between 202... Read More


Former EU foreign policy chief Mogherini detained in corruption case

France, Dec. 4 -- On Tuesday, Belgian authorities arrested the trio after searching the EU diplomatic service's headquarters in Brussels and the College of Europe, a prestigious training institute for... Read More