A Paris criminal court on January 5 convicted 10 people in a case involving online posts and videos that claimed France’s first lady Brigitte Macron was born male. The court ruled that the content amounted to cyberbullying under French law.According to the judgment, the defendants shared and amplified false claims about Brigitte Macron’s identity across […]
Louvre museum thieves caught on camera escaping with the jewels. A video has emerged showing two thieves calmly escaping the Louvre Museum in Paris with an estimated €88 million (£76 million) worth of France’s crown jewels — in what is being described as one of the country’s most spectacular heists in decades.The 36-second clip, verified […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (Image credits: AP) PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence on Tuesday in Paris’ La Sante prison.Convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from […]
France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati (Pic credit: AP) PARIS: France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial accused of corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of European Parliament, a judicial source told AFP Tuesday.Dati, a 59-year-old who holds ambitions to become Paris mayor next year, was charged in 2019 […]
PARIS: France’s lower house on Tuesday approved a right-to-die bill in the first reading, the initial step in a lengthy process that could grant patients medical assistance to end their lives in clearly defined circumstances.“The National Assembly’s vote on legislation concerning the development of palliative care and assisted dying is an important step,” President Emmanuel […]
France’s National Assembly to vote on long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options (Photo: AP) France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, is voting Tuesday on a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options. Tuesday’s vote, expected in the late afternoon, is […]
Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France and wife of President Emmanuel Macron, is back in the spotlight after a viral video appeared to show her shoving or slapping the president aboard a plane in Vietnam. Emmanuel Macron later told reporters the moment was simply “bickering, or rather joking” with his wife and “nothing,” cautioning […]
HANOI: French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for closer cooperation between Vietnam and France in an increasingly unstable global landscape as he visited Hanoi as part of a Southeast Asia tour focused on strengthening regional ties. Macron emphasized the need for “an order based on law” at a time of “both great imbalance and […]
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Vietnam on Sunday for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour, where he will pitch his country as a reliable alternative partner to the United […]
Israel foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar dismisses French President Macron’s plans In an interview with a French broadcaster on April 10, President Macron of France suggested that France is planning to recognize a Palestinian state by June. These remarks were dismissed by Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar.President Macron was hopeful that by recognizing a Palestinian state […]
