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11 EU countries vow to release 42.6 million barrels of oil after G7 pledge
EU member states, including France, Germany and Italy, said in a statement on Thursday that they would release the oil from their strategic reserves by the end of January 2027, including 20.5 million barrels of diesel....
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The World Judo Tour returns to Abu Dhabi with Day 1 wins
The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam kicked off with historic gold for Azerbaijan's Konul Aliyeva, another title for Balabay Aghayev and stunning victories from Tihea Topolovec and Sukhrob Boqiev. France's Martha Fawaz also struck gold on an action-packed opening day....
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Paris shooting suspect admits targeting Muslims and people of African origin
The shooting left one dead and seven injured. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office highlights the premeditated nature of this racist attack....
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PODCAST 🎧: Has France done enough to calm unrest and why is a new autoroute so hated?
The Talking France podcast returns to examine what happens next as an uneasy calm descends after widespread violence and looting, plus a look at the country's most controversial new road, Beaujolais Nouveau Day and how the French celebrate Halloween....
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French shooting suspect deliberately targeted Muslims and Africans, says prosecutor
A man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs last week, killing one person and wounding seven including a child, has admitted to "targeting individuals who appeared to be Muslim or African," prosecutors said on Thursday....
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Former business leader Roux de Bézieux named head of troubled 2030 Winter Olympics
The former head of France's largest employers' union is stepping in for Olympic champion Edgar Grospiron, who resigned amid power struggles in September....
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Suspect in racist Trappes shooting admits targeting 'Muslims, Africans or North Africans,' French prosecutor says
The 39-year-old, suspected of killing one person and wounding five in a drive-by shooting west of Paris on October 23, denies any terrorist intent, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office said....
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Paris suburb shooting suspect 'targeted Muslims, Africans or North Africans'
The man being held over the shootings which took place last Friday in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière – which left one man dead and several people wounded, including an 11-year-old girl – has said he specifically targeted people of Muslim, African or North African ap...
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‘I’m not a candidate for anything’: What Lagarde told Euronews before quitting the ECB
Christine Lagarde told Euronews in an exclusive interview in July that she was not a candidate for any political office. Her announcement that she will leave the European Central Bank early, in February 2027, comes just months before France’s presidential election....
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6 things to look forward to in France in November
The weather's getting colder, the nights are drawing in and the news is dominated by strikes and protests - so here are six things to look forward to in France this November....
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ECB holds rates at 2.5% as Lagarde announces early exit with inflation near double the target
The European Central Bank kept its deposit rate at 2.5% on Thursday, hours after President Christine Lagarde said she would leave next February, months before her term ends, as France's bond market turmoil and inflation at 3.8% cloud the outlook for the eurozone....
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Paris neighbourhoods: Exploring the lesser-known side of the 18th arrondissement
In this edition of French Connections, Genie Godula and Florence Villeminot continue their tour of Paris with a stop in the 18th arrondissement. The district is famous for landmarks like the Sacré-Cœur Basilica and the Moulin Rouge, but in this show we step away from the picture-...
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ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down early
Lagarde's departure in February 2027, eight months before the end of her term as head of the European Central Bank lets European leaders choose her successor before France's April presidential election....
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2027 French presidential election: Mélenchon courts gamers
Once a critic of games such as Assassin's Creed Unity, France's radical-left leader is backing a bill on gamers' rights, presented Thursday, as a way to win new voters and counter the far right....
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Revealed: The town in France where locals speak 'perfect' French
If you ask where in France people speak the “purest” French, one town has a longstanding claim to the title.
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US judge narrows Macrons' defamation lawsuit against American podcaster
A judge in the United States has ruled that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte could continue their defamation lawsuit against the companies of the American podcaster Candace Owens, but not against Owens herself....
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European Central Bank meets as France's deteriorating public finances continue to drive questions
Most expect the ECB to keep interest rates on hold for now, having already hiked them twice this year.
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Ten years after the Calais 'jungle' was dismantled, migrants still wait in makeshift camps hoping to reach Britain
Since the 2016 dismantling of what was then Europe's largest shantytown, a scattering of small camps hidden in woods and scrubland has sprung up along France's northern coast, where aid groups describe squalid living conditions....
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France's demographic shift calls for a comprehensive approach beyond pro-natalist rhetoric, says economic council
In its annual report, France's Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) urged protecting the welfare model by keeping older workers employed and helping more young people into jobs. It also cited 'migration policies' as 'one of the levers' for meeting labor market needs....
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'A constant, anxious background noise': France's social crisis takes psychological toll
Since the start of high school student blockades, and even more so since October 17, general practitioners, psychiatrists and psychologists have observed the impact of the current climate of anxiety on some of their patients, offering them strategies to protect themselves....
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Safran bets on the UK, where government support for aerospace is 'clearer and more decisive' than in France
Britain is backing its aerospace sector with €2.8 billion over 10 years, while France has yet to guarantee in its 2027 budget the €300 million a year Emmanuel Macron promised in 2023....
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'Trump's war on midterm voting shows the Capitol attack was no mere accident, but the application of a core tenet of Trumpism'
After challenging the results of the 2020 elections, Donald Trump is now determined to shape both the process and the outcome of the November 3 midterms, writes Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris....
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How far-right language seeped from France's hard right to the highest levels of government
Thousands gathered in cities across France on Monday to protest against 'the normalization of racist hatred,' three days after an attack in Trappes left one person dead. Mayor Ali Rabeh has accused the conservative right and presidential camp of playing a dangerous game by adopti...
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Anomaly Paris Wins Creative Account for French Retailer Cultura — LBB - LBB
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