PARIS, 19 DECEMBER 2025 (AFP) — France on Thursday denied it was planning to cede sovereignty over two uninhabited islands in the Pacific after far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen accused President Emmanuel Macron of seeking to give up overseas territories. The volcanic islands of Matthew and Hunter lie several hundred kilometres east of the French […]
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New tennis tournament in France aiming for younger audience
PARIS (AP) — With discussions ongoing over whether the U.S. Open or the French Open can even take place later this year, a new digitally friendly tennis tournament starts Saturday in southern France with four Top 10-ranked players involved. Co-founder Patrick Mouratoglou hopes the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) — whose first edition features ATP Finals winner […]
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French parents anguish over sending children back to school
PARIS (AP) — As France prepares to start letting public life resume after eight weeks under a coronavirus lockdown, many parents are deeply torn over a question without a clear or correct answer: Should I send my child back to school? The French government is easing some of the closure and home-confinement orders it imposed March 17 […]
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Dismay over plans to scrap French nuclear monitoring commission
PAPE’ETE, 02 MARCH 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC)—Nuclear test veterans groups in French Polynesia have reacted with dismay at reports that Paris wants to abolish the National Commission for Monitoring the Consequences of Nuclear Tests. Last week, the French publication Canard Enchaine reported that as part of administrative changes and cost-cutting measures, dozens of commissions would be […]
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France warns of dent to world economy from virus outbreak
PARIS (AP) — France’s government calculates that the deadly virus outbreak in China will shave at least 1 percentage point off the growth this year of the world’s second-largest economy, hurting global economic growth too. The French economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, told broadcaster BFM-TV that the impact on global growth will be greater this […]
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French Ambassador clarifies why Vanuatu is on French blacklist
PORT VILA, 03 FEBRUARY 2020 (VANUATU DAILY POST) —-Ambassador of France to Vanuatu, Pierre Fournier, says France as a European Union (EU) member is compelled by law passed in 2018 to include the countries that are on the EU blacklist on its national list. He stated this to explain why France placed Vanuatu on its […]