Under pressure from Azerbaijan, which has detained two French businessmen, Paris has struck a deal to secure their release in exchange for lifting financial sanctions against the billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
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Prosecutors pointed to a 'growing trend on social media involving women being filmed on the street with smart glasses without their consent and the videos being published online.'...
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At France and Luxembourg's request, the EU removed Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its list of sanctioned individuals, which was otherwise renewed for three years. Ukraine called the decision 'unacceptable.'...
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France succeeded in its push to remove Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list as part of a prisoner release with Azerbaijan. A second high-profile businessman, Mikhail Fridman, was also removed....
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More than 50 leading American writers will be in Vincennes, just to the east of Paris, this week for the American literary festival, which is celebrating US literature at a time of strained feelings towards the United States under President Donald Trump....
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The price of petrol and diesel are at record levels in France and anyone who relies on their car is getting hit hard in the pocket. Tell us how it's affected your daily life....
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Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark 1956 Congress of Black Writers and Artists, held at the Sorbonne university in Paris and aimed at strengthening the Pan-African movement and giving voices to black writers and intellectuals from across Africa, Europe and the Unit...
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After downplaying President Emmanuel Macron's warnings about the threats posed by Russia, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella released an unusual statement expressing mistrust of Moscow....
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Pope Leo XIV will deliver a speech on Europe at a center named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European political union.
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With fuel prices an increasingly prominent issue ahead of next year's presidential election, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government is due to unveil new support measures on Tuesday....
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In a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, Macron said the EU’s energy security has so far relied heavily on buffers — including stockpiles, refinery flexibility, weaker demand and redirected global trade — rather than addressing the underlying supply shock, according to the letter see...
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Pope Leo XIV will make his first visit to France on Friday with stops in Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz. Here's what you need to know if you want to catch a glimpse or avoid the likely disruption....
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As France hunts for billions of euros to repair its public finances, Oxfam is calling for tighter limits on a tax break for inherited family businesses, saying reform could raise more than €3bn a year....
