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Reuters
Oct 15, 2025

France top court rejects Le Pen’s challenge to electoral rules

Le Pen was barred in March from seeking public office for five years after a French court convicted her and other members of her party for misappropriation of funds.

World

Reuters
Oct 06, 2025

France’s day-old government collapses amid backlash over cabinet choices

Lecornu’s resignation, one of the shortest tenures in French political history, came amid mounting criticism over his ministerial appointments

Technology

Reuters
Sep 28, 2025

France asked to remove some Moldovan channels from Telegram: Durov

In a post in English on X, the French foreign ministry noted that Durov had made similar accusations about France trying to manipulate politics in Romania earlier this year, around the time of elections there.

World

Reuters
Sep 08, 2025

French PM ousted in confidence vote, deepening crisis

Francois Bayrou, 74, took office as prime minister only nine months ago. He will tender his resignation on Tuesday, his office said, leaving Macron to face a narrowing set of options, with financial markets signalling worry at France’s political and fiscal crisis.

World

Reuters
Aug 29, 2025

Merz told Trump EU digital market rules not up for debate

Speaking at a joint news conference with the German leader, French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the threats, and said any move by the United States to challenge the bloc’s regulations would be met with retaliation from the EU.

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Web Desk
Aug 20, 2025

France probes live-streamed death of Jean Pormanove after violence

French media have shown excerpts of hours-long videos during which Pormanove is seen suffering blows, insults, strangulation, dousing with paint and oil and being shot at with a paintball gun.

World

AFP
Aug 11, 2025

Macron says Israel’s Gaza plan is path to ‘permanent war’

“This war must end now with a permanent ceasefire,” Macron said in a statement, adding Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City was “a disaster of unprecedented gravity and a headlong rush into permanent war.”

Life

Web Desk
Aug 06, 2025

From Rawalpindi to the Latin Quarter: France’s beloved Pakistani hawker

Rawalpindi-born hawker Ali Akbar has spent 50 years selling newspapers in France. Now, he will be honoured with the National Order of Merit.

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Reuters
Aug 04, 2025

Macron to honour Paris’ last newspaper hawker. He is from Pakistan

Ali Akbar began hawking newspapers after moving to France in 1973, employing a blend of humour and energy to charm locals and ward off falling sales.

Sport

AFP
Aug 03, 2025

Marchand wins 400m medley, McIntosh grabs her fourth gold

Marchand, who had won four golds at Paris Olympics, touched the wall in 4min 04.73sec, more than three seconds ahead of Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita (4:08.32), with Russian Ilia Borodin (4:09.16) third.