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After 75 years of mutual defence, NATO eyes an uncertain future

France, April 4 -- Seventy five years after it was founded on 4 April 1949, in the wake of World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - better known as NATO - is bigger than ever, but allies... Read More


A million free Paris Olympics tickets to go to locals in bid for inclusive Games

France, April 3 -- Starting in April, around one million free tickets for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics will be handed out to local young people, amateur athletes, people with disabilities a... Read More


Police raid ex-French PM's office in Le Havre as part of corruption inquiry

France, April 3 -- French police have searched the mayoral offices of former French Prime MinisterEdouard Philippe as part of a preliminary probe into possiblecorruption and financial wrongdoings. Fo... Read More


France condemns killing of Gaza NGO workers as US pressed to toughen stance with Israel

France, April 3 -- France's Foreign Minister Sebastien Sejourne has held talks with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Paris after a Washington-based NGO was struck by an Israeli airstrike incentral... Read More


Shell appeals court ruling ordering it to slash emissions by 2030

France, April 3 -- A Dutch court has begun hearing an appeal brought byShell against alandmark 2021 rulingordering themultinational oil giantto reduce itscarbon emissionsby 45 percent by 2030. Shell ... Read More


Uganda court rejects petition against harsh anti-gay law

France, April 3 -- Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to overturn its highly contentious Anti-Homosexuality Act- one of the toughest such laws in the world. Despite internation... Read More


Endangered brown bears bounce back in the French Pyrenees

France, April 3 -- The population of brown bears in France's Pyrenees mountains has risen to levels not seen since the 1990s,authorities have said. Brown bearsin the area were hunted almost to the po... Read More


Egyptian President Sisi sworn in for third term

France, April 2 -- Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday for his third term as leader of the Arab world's most populous nation, in the country's new $58bn administrative capital ... Read More


French teachers strike over 'unfair' classroom groups, lack of resources

France, April 2 -- Several unions representing middle and high schools in France are calling for another round of strikes and demonstrations on Tuesday to demand the abandonment of a scheme separating... Read More


France mulls New Caledonia electoral reform ahead of key vote

France, April 1 -- The future of New Caledonia's electoral system is up for debate as the French Senate examines a constitutional reform that would broaden the roll of eligible voters ahead of provinc... Read More