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Top seed Sinner exits French Open as local teen Kouame roars into third round

France, May 28 -- Sinner's shock exit came after the Italian faded badly in the Paris heat during a five-set defeat to world number 56 Juan Manuel Cerundolo on centre court. The 24-year-old had been ... Read More


US states probe Fifa over 'impossibly high' World Cup ticket prices

France, May 28 -- The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday said they had issued Fifa with a subpoena in order to probe allegations that fans were misled about where they would be ... Read More


Ghana boss Queiroz names preliminary squad for 2026 World Cup

France, May 28 -- Veteran striker Jordan Ayew will skipper a national side competing for the fifth time in the last six World Cups. The 34-year-old, who will be featuring at the World Cup for the thi... Read More


France to start covering cost of weight-loss drugs for obese patients

France, May 28 -- The government has signed off on partially reimbursing patients who are prescribed Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro injectable GLP-1 medications, which have gained wide... Read More


Hungary strikes down another Orban policy with vote to stay in ICC

France, May 28 -- Orban announced Hungary's withdrawal last year, decrying the tribunal as a "political court". It came during a state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close Orban... Read More


EU member states sign off on compromise to implement US trade pact

France, May 28 -- The accord struck last July caps US levies on most European goods at 15 percent, but to President Donald Trump's frustration the EU had yet to make good on its pledge to scrap levies... Read More


France moves towards symbolic repealing of slavery legislation

France, May 28 -- The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese. Ships departing from French ports between the 17th and 19th centuries forcibly trans... Read More


France votes unanimously to abolish Code Noir, a colonial-era slavery law

France, May 28 -- The National Assembly voted 254-0 - a rare show of unanimity - to adopt a bill repealing the "Code Noir" or "Black Code", the 1685 decree King Louis XIV signed to govern slaves acros... Read More


Libya appeal case enters final stretch, with Sarkozy's legacy on the line

France, May 27 -- Of the 10 defendants in the appeal trial over alleged Libyan funding for his victorious 2007 presidential campaign, Sarkozy has spent the most time in the dock. His lawyers are due ... Read More


Last hurrah: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo

France, May 27 -- Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, born in Funchal on the island of Madeira, has spent his career accumulating goals and trophies across Portugal, England, Spain, Italy and Saudi A... Read More