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Spain faces record surge in migrants reaching Canary Islands

France, Dec. 4 -- A record 41,425 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands in the first 11 months of 2024, surpassing last year's total of 39,910 with a month still to go, official data shows. The Atl... Read More


Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first female president

France, Dec. 4 -- Namibia's ruling Swapo party was declared winner Tuesday of last week's disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country's first woman president after a disputed vote tha... Read More


French government risks falling in no-confidence vote as budget crisis deepens

France, Dec. 4 -- France's government on Wednesday faces a no confidence vote that could spell the end of the short-lived administration of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, plunging the country into unc... Read More


Campaigners continue fight for justice 40 years after Bhopal chemical disaster

France, Dec. 3 -- Nathuram Soni vividly remembers the night 40 years ago when toxic gas swept through Bhopal killing more than 3,500 people in the shanties surrounding the Union Carbide pesticides pla... Read More


Trump to join Macron and world leaders at reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral

France, Dec. 3 -- Donald Trump is due to attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, in his first trip abroad as US president-elect. In a post on his Truth Social netw... Read More


Historic rescue returns trafficked and endangered wildlife to Madagascar

France, Dec. 3 -- Madagascar has launched an operation to repatriate more than 1,000 endangered lemurs and tortoises, seven months after Thai authorities seized them from wildlife traffickers. Officia... Read More


France, Saudi Arabia sign strategic partnership, call for fresh elections in Lebanon

France, Dec. 3 -- President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have signed a strategic partnership aimed at deepening bilateral ties and de-escalating conflict in the Middle Ea... Read More


French prison crisis deepens with cells holding four times capacity

France, Dec. 3 -- French prisons are now more overcrowded than ever, with up to four people sharing single-occupancy cells as the number of inmates continues to surge beyond capacity. Justice Ministr... Read More


France's PM risks tumbling in hostile parliament vote

France, Dec. 2 -- France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has... Read More


Macron's Saudi visit targets arms deals and economic diversification

France, Dec. 2 -- French President Emmanuel Macron has begun a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, seeking to boost arms sales while backing the kingdom's move away from oil dependency. Saudi Arabia, th... Read More