France’s far right entered the 2027 presidential race with a carefully balanced partnership. Now ideological differences, personal tensions and competing ambitions are exposing its fault lines. The formula was supposed to be
The UK government’s new “one in, one out” migrant deportation scheme is facing criticism after only three migrants were returned to France in its first week, despite plans to remove at least
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The French government has opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, over allegations of algorithm manipulation and fraudulent data extraction, the company revealed in a statement Monday. According
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On July 1, did you hear the crunching sound of ice cracking on the frozen lake of Russia-France ties? President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take a phone call on that day from
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France’s plans to double its defense budget by the end of the decade face mounting scrutiny as the country grapples with ballooning public debt and one of Europe’s highest budget deficits. President
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French lawmakers voted on Tuesday to approve a bill that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, marking a significant cultural and legal shift in a country long seen as cautious
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Oh, to be shoved in public by one’s wife, on foreign soil, in front of cameras, with one’s existential dignity crumpling like a pressed shirt in humid Hanoi. The Macrons touched down
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French President Emmanuel Macron began a high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia on Sunday, with stops in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore aimed at bolstering France’s presence in the region through new partnerships in
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India has signed a US$7.4 billion agreement with France to purchase 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets, a significant move to modernize its naval forces as the country navigates rising tensions with China and
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A surge of violent attacks against prison guards and their families is exposing the deep crisis within France’s penitentiary system, where organized crime networks, operating from inside prison walls, are challenging the
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The daughter of French Prime Minister François Bayrou has revealed she was assaulted at a school now at the centre of a widening abuse scandal — one her father is accused of
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