A former policeman suspected of being the serial killer behind some of France’s oldest unsolved cases has been found dead after 35 years of dodging arrest, just as police were closing in on his identity. Francois Vérove, 59, committed suicide at his rented home in the south of France after receiving a summons for questioning, […]
A French court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign. The verdict came six months after he was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. The court will allow the ex-president to serve the sentence […]
A bejeweled Cartier bangle that the Duke of Windsor gave his wife Wallis Simpson on their first wedding anniversary in 1938 has gone on display in New York. The ruby and diamond bracelet is expected to sell for between $1 million and around $2 million when Christie’s puts it up for auction in Geneva on […]
David Aguilar was five when he first discovered Lego, entering a world where it didn’t matter he was missing his forearm, and four years later, he built his first prosthesis with it. Now on the verge of finishing a degree in bioengineering, he dreams of working to help other children who, like him, were born […]
Carlos the Jackal, the Venezuelan militant behind some of the biggest attacks of the 1970s and 1980s, failed on Thursday to have one of his three life sentences in France reduced. Following hearings that began on Wednesday, a special criminal court in Paris confirmed the life sentence for a 1974 grenade attack on the Publicis […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France on Wednesday to “prenez un grip” (get a grip) and “donnez-moi un break” over a submarine deal row that saw Australia tear up a French contract for a trilateral nuclear-powered submarine deal between Australia, the US and the UK. Johnson’s comments came as French President Emmanuel Macron is […]
European allies rallied cautiously around France on Tuesday after the US and Australian decision to strip Paris of a submarine supply contract, but some warned the dispute should not torpedo trade talks. German Europe Minister Michael Roth said France’s diplomatic crisis with the US was a “wake-up call for all of us” on the importance […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hung onto power on Monday as his main rival conceded defeat, but his Liberals fell short of his goal for a majority win. Trudeau, in power since 2015 and governing with a minority of House of Commons seats since 2019, decided to gamble on an early vote and capitalize on […]
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PARIS (Reuters) – France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said. Parly personally took the decision to drop the bilateral […]
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European capitals celebrated a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June, as President Joe Biden’s top diplomat cracked jokes in French in Paris, posed for selfies with French youth and spoke at length about revitalizing the transatlantic relationship. It was a breath of […]
France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract, an unprecedented step that revealed the extent of French anger against its allies. President Emmanuel Macron recalled the envoys after Canberra ditched a deal to buy French submarines in favor of US […]
A 16-year-old boy and three other people were detained Thursday in connection with a suspected plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities said. The detentions took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, and two years after a deadly attack in another German city […]
Thousands of health workers across France have been suspended without pay for failing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of a deadline this week, Health Minister Olivier Veran said Thursday. France’s national public health agency estimated last week that roughly 12 percent of hospital staff and around six percent of doctors in private practices have […]
The sole survivor of the jihadist cell that killed 130 people in Paris six years ago Wednesday claimed France “knew the risks” of attacking jihadist targets in Syria, as he spoke out again one week into the trial into France’s worst postwar atrocity. “We attacked France, targeted its population, civilians, but there was nothing personal,” […]
The 93-year-old founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, goes on trial Wednesday over allegations of once again inciting racial hatred, this time with comments targeting a Jewish pop singer. He already has a string of hate speech convictions that eventually became too much for his daughter Marine Le Pen, who expelled him […]
French Resistance member Pierre Georges shot dead a German naval midshipman on August 21, 1941, at Barbès-Rochechouart metro station in occupied Paris – the first deadly attack on the occupiers, which prompted the Nazis to kill hundreds of hostages they were holding in the occupied zone. FRANCE 24 looks back at this seminal moment for […]
The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women’s rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed. Following a lightning offensive across Afghanistan that saw many cities fall to the insurgents without a fight, the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the coming days, he told French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone call on Monday. Johnson’s office said the two leaders also agreed that Britain and France should work together at […]
The US State Department has advised Americans to avoid all travel to France over rising coronavirus cases in the country. France is battling a fourth wave of the virus even though Covid-19 hospitalizations are still way off previous highs. The State Department issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory for France on Monday, based […]
By Lea Guedj and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it battles a fourth wave of infections. Protesters injured three police officers in Paris, […]
US gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault. The American team will be forced to finish the rest of the competition without her, severely hampering their bid to claim a third straight Olympic title. After a disappointing vault in the first rotation of the […]
The Norwegian women’s beach handball team were fined because their shorts were too long, British Paralympian Olivia Breen was told by an official that her briefs were too short and Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing won’t be allowed to wear a swimming cap for natural black hair at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Ahead of the Games, […]
A Tokyo court on Monday sentenced US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor to two years in prison and his son to one year and eight months for helping former Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan, where he had faced charges of financial misconduct. Michael Taylor and his son Peter pleaded guilty […]
PARIS (Reuters) -More than a hundred thousand people marched across France on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to force vaccination of health workers and require a COVID-19 free certificate to enter places such as restaurants and cinemas. Macron this week announced sweeping measures to fight a rapid surge in coronavirus infections, which […]
Vowing to go green this year and shed its consumerist image, the Cannes Film Festival has included a roster of pics on environmental topics and even trimmed its famous red carpet – though there was still enough crimson rug to host the A-list cast from Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” on Monday night. For hardcore […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the country on Monday evening to present new measures against the Delta variant of Covid-19, whose rapid progression is hampering France’s emergence from restrictions. Vaccination may be made compulsory for health professionals and health pass requirements look set to be extended. Faced with a resurgence of Covid-19 […]
A small pen-and-ink drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which lay buried unrecognized in a box for decades, is at the centre of a battle between its owner and France’s culture ministry that will play out in a Paris court on Wednesday. The court will begin hearing if the the drawing of a martyred Saint […]
The French government on Friday denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as state-backed discussions took place in Paris about the legacy of the explosions. A two-day meeting called by French President Emmanuel Macron began on Thursday following fresh allegations that the testing from 1966 to […]
A scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty that has retraced the journey made over a century ago by its big sister was erected on Ellis Island in New York Harbor on Thursday. The replica, which stands 9.3 feet (2.8 meters) tall, began its trip from France to the United States on the back of […]