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Macron, Merkel meet to harmonise positions before EU summit
Emmanuel Macron goes into the two-day meeting in Brussels starting Thursday still smarting from the rejection of his pick for European commissioner, Sylvie Goulard.
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Global Fund seeks $14bn to fight AIDS, malaria, TB
The UN's World Health Organisation says 770,000 people died of HIV-related causes last year.
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'France can't host everyone,' says Macron in new toughening of migration stance
Macron had last week signalled a tougher line on immigration in the second half of his mandate, arguing the government must stop voters drifting to the far-right.
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G7 pledges millions to fight Amazon fires
Nearly 80,000 forest fires have been detected in Brazil since the beginning of the year -- just over half of them in the massive Amazon basin.
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Trump leaves Iran diplomacy door open after Macron's Zarif gambit
But Macron has spent the summer trying to create conditions for a period of pause to bring the two sides backs to the negotiating table.
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Macron warns 'trade tensions are bad for everyone
In a televised address to the nation as G7 leaders gathered for their summit in Biarritz, Macron said his goal was "to convince all our partners that trade tensions are bad for everyone".
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Macron meets Iran FM to push for G7 detente
But Emmanuel Macron had pledged to "try to propose things" in the talks with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Elysee Palace on Friday.
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Too late for new Brexit deal, France's Macron tells Johnson
Johnson met Macron at the Elysee Palace a day after talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who challenged Britain to come up with acceptable alternatives to the agreed safety net provision for the UK-Irish land border.
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France's Macron to discuss Brexit with PM Johnson on Thursday
Johnson is also scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday this week.
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Trump threatens French wine in digital tax retaliation
US President Donald Trump hinted that the threatened countermeasure might hit one of France's export crown jewels -- wine.
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Fifa boss and Macron booed at World Cup final ceremony
Earlier this year, members of the US squad were named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the national soccer federation alleging gender discrimination.
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France's Macron says no need to lower govt's stake in Renault
Macron’s comment contradicts recent remarks by the finance minister that the government was ready to reduce its 15% stake in Renault in the interest of bolstering the automaker’s alliance with Japan’s Nissan Motor.
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Tree symbolising Trump-Macron friendship has died
But relations between them have since frayed -- over issues ranging from Iran to trade -- and the tree, a diplomatic source said this week, did not survive.
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Trump, Macron honour D-Day veterans who fought through 'fires of hell'
British Prime Minister Theresa May saluted the bravery of the soldiers, many of whom were still boys when they waded ashore as shells screamed overhead.
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World leaders commemorate D-Day landings
Hundreds of veterans, most well into their nineties, were also in Normandy to mark the anniversary of the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history.
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Macron and Trump: 'Frenemies' in open disagreement
As the two men prepare to hold talks on Thursday on the sidelines of D-Day commemorations, Macron and French diplomats are hoping for a smoother run.
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Tech giants vow to step up fight against online extremism
Executives from Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft met with the leaders of France, New Zealand and other countries in Paris to unveil the "Christchurch Call" of voluntary commitments for online platforms.
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At marathon news conference, Macron launches fight back with tax cuts
Speaking in a gilded hall at the Elysee Palace, Macron took reporters’ questions for nearly two-and-a-half hours, part of an effort to redress the rocky relationship he has developed with the media.
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Macron popularity still weak after Notre-Dame fire - poll
According to the Ifop poll for the 'Journal du Dimanche' just 29% of people polled said they are satisfied with the job Macron is doing, with 69% dissatisfied.
