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Macron seeks to thwart French far-right in election second round
Jul 2, 2024In an unprecedented first, French President Emmanuel Macron and his supporters launched a week-long campaign Monday in anticipation of the second round of legislative elections, with the goal of keeping the extreme right from seizing an... -
Jerusalem official takes on French consulate after Israel arms show ban
Jun 18, 2024An ultranationalist Israeli politician serving as Jerusalem’s deputy mayor has requested that trash not be picked up at the French consulate following Paris’s decision to prohibit Israeli companies from an arms fair. The French ministry of... -
Samsung to buy French medical AI firm Sonio
May 9, 2024The French artificial intelligence startup Sonio will be acquired by South Korean tech giant Samsung on Wednesday in order to improve its state-of-the-art medical diagnostic technologies. Businesses all over the world are spending extensively in integrating... -
French Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet dies
Apr 26, 2024French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film “The Class”, died on Thursday aged 63, his agent said on Thursday. “He died this morning in Paris of... -
French police detain intruder at Iranian consulate in Paris
Apr 20, 2024According to police and prosecutors, a man who entered the Iranian consulate in Paris on Friday and claimed to be carrying an explosive vest was taken into custody by French authorities. After the event, the man... -
French, Russian defense ministers hold telephone talks: Paris
Apr 4, 2024The uncommon phone conversation between the defense ministers of France and Russia on Wednesday—their first since October 2022—discussed the Islamic State’s alleged strike in Moscow as well as Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, according to Paris. Sebastien... -
JS Speaker meets French President in Paris
Mar 9, 2024On March 7, French President Emmanuel Macron received a courtesy call from Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in Paris. The Speaker met the President there on the occasion of the ‘Women Speakers Summit’... -
French police arrest eight activists targeting chemicals site
Mar 3, 2024Eight people were taken into custody when environmental activists burst into a French chemicals plant on Saturday to protest the manufacturing of PFAS compounds, or so-called “forever chemicals.” A representative for the organizers reported that some... -
Amazon French warehouses unit fined 32 million euros
Jan 23, 2024France’s data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Amazon’s French warehouse management unit 32 million euros ($34.9 million) for an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system to monitor staff performance. Amazon France Logistique monitored the performance of... -
French court jails Rwandan ex-doctor 24 years over 1994 genocide
Dec 21, 2023A French court sentenced former Rwandan physician Sosthene Munyemana to 24 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide. The 68-year-old ex-gynecologist was convicted of crimes against humanity, genocide, and involvement...
