The white pouch in front of Emmanuel Macron that Macron hid seconds later became the object of social media curiosity. A video of French President Emmanuel Macron hiding a white pouch of something went viral with wild claims that it was a cocaine pouch. But French media slammed the social media rumors and called them […]
A firefighter in France was in a critical condition Saturday after being hit in what appeared to be a deliberate attack by a 19-year-old motorist as Prime Minister Francois Bayrou denounced the “curse” of urban rodeo stunts plaguing French cities.France has a tradition of “urban rodeos“, in which young motorists and bike riders perform noisy, […]
PARIS: With the lights kept on 24 hours a day and allowed outside for just 30 minutes a few times a week, a French couple held in Iran since May 2022 on Wednesday marked three years of incarceration in the Islamic republic, with no immediate prospect of an end to their ordeal.Cecile Kohler and Jacques […]
PARIS: A student at a French high school stabbed four other students at his school on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said.The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear. A police officer said the attack occurred at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides High School in Nantes. The student […]
Francois Bayrou (File Photo-AP) PARIS: A daughter of France’s prime minister became Wednesday the latest to accuse the clergy running a school in the Pyrenees of systemic abuse including while Francois Bayrou was a local official, saying a priest beat her during summer camp when she was 14.Bayrou’s eldest daughter Helen Perlant, who is now […]
Fouad Hussein and Jean-Noel Barrot (AP) Baghdad: France‘s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot will meet officials in Baghdad on Wednesday as part of a regional tour to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The French foreign ministry said in a statement that Barrot, who will also visit Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, is on […]
Two days before their planned visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, 27 French lawmakers and local officials were informed on Sunday that their entry visas had been revoked. The group, which included members of France’s left-wing ecologist and communist parties, said the trip was meant to promote international cooperation and peace, reported news agency […]
Renaud Camus, a French writer and philosopher known for his anti-immigration views, has been barred from entering the UK, British newspaper The Telegraph reported, noting that no official reason was provided for the ban. Camus had planned to visit the UK later this month for a speaking engagement. He also said he was scheduled to […]
France accused US diplomats of meddling with companies that work with the US government. French media and a French minister claimed that US diplomats have been interfering in the operations of French companies by forcing them to comply with President Donald Trump’s rollback of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives. The US diplomats in France […]
Walt Disney World’s EPCOT (Image credit: Disneyworld website) A fire broke out Saturday afternoon backstage at the France Pavilion in Walt Disney World‘s popular EPCOT theme park, according to Disney officials who confirmed the incident with FOX 35 News. Authorities stated that no one was injured in the blaze.The fire reportedly began when a walk-in […]
