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Focus on rising sea level

June 14, 2025, 12:10 AM

THE five-day Ocean Summit in Nice, France ended Friday, with participants going away with echoes of their discussions and proposals on how to address...

Intolerant of broken promises

June 10, 2025, 12:10 AM

THE five-day Ocean Summit has shifted to first gear in Nice, France, with some 50 heads of state and government gathering there to confront...

Summit tackles ‘emergency’ for 5 days in world’s oceans

June 9, 2025, 9:00 PM

NICE, France—A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicked off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster...

World leaders head to France for summit

June 8, 2025, 9:30 PM

NICE, France – World leaders are scheduled to descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening...

How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people

June 1, 2025, 12:04 PM

Paris, France—Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake, dangerous advice about diet and nutrition, experts...

French surgeon says deserves no ‘leniency’ after abusing child patients

May 27, 2025, 7:17 AM

Vannes, France—A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said Monday he was asking for no "leniency"...

France’s Macron calls for world order ‘based on law’ in Vietnam

May 26, 2025, 8:50 PM

HANOI – France’s Emmanuel Macron called in Vietnam on Monday for the preservation of a world order “based on law”, as he started a...

French authorities blame sabotage for second power blackout

May 26, 2025, 6:37 AM

Nice, France—French authorities on Sunday blamed sabotage and ordered heightened security after a fire at an electricity sub-station in Nice caused the second major power...

Paris airport chaos to enter second day after air traffic breakdown

May 19, 2025, 6:23 AM

Orly, France—An air traffic control breakdown at Paris-Orly airport caused the cancellation and delay of hundreds of flights and the aviation authority said the chaos...

France sues Iran at top UN court

May 16, 2025, 8:40 PM

PARIS—Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three...

Macron says France does not want ‘World War III’ over Ukraine strife

May 14, 2025, 8:50 PM

PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron has said France did not want to unleash “World War III” over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and vowed referendums...

France pledges $168-million investment in W.Sahara claimed by Morocco

May 11, 2025, 9:45 AM

The state-run French Development Agency (AFD) will invest $168-million in the largely Moroccan-controlled but disputed territory of Western Sahara, the agency's chief said Saturday. "The...

French hunter given suspended term for killing endangered bear

May 7, 2025, 6:26 AM

Foix, France—A French court handed a suspended jail sentence to an 81-year-old hunter on Tuesday for killing an endangered female bear that attacked him in...

France warns of sanctions on Iran sans nuclear deal

April 29, 2025, 8:55 PM

UNITED NATIONS, New York – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom will not hesitate to reimpose sanctions against Tehran if European security is threatened...

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