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Macron announces €30 billion plan to re-industrialise France
President Emmanuel Macron said France had taken key decisions '15-20 years later than some of our European neighbours' and now needed to 'to become again a...
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Macron hosts Africa 'summit' without leaders
Instead of other heads of state and premiers, French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting hundreds of young businesspeople, artists and sporting figures to the southern city of Montpellier.
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Algeria escalates France dispute with flight ban
France's jets regularly fly over the former French colony to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers are helping to battle jihadist insurgents as part of its Barkhane operation.
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Policeman's suicide ends 35 year French serial killer mystery
Francois Verove, 59, committed suicide at his rented home in the south of France after receiving a summons for questioning, leaving a "written statement" and with DNA evidence then confirming his identity, the Paris prosector and sources said.
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Macron, Biden agree to soothe tensions after submarine row
In the first concrete sign of a slackening of tensions, Macron agreed to send France's ambassador back to Washington next week after he was recalled to Paris in an unprecedented diplomatic protest.
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French anger to test UN unity
Ministers of the five veto-wielding nations on the UN's most powerful body - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - will meet together Wednesday during the annual week of diplomacy, with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan high on the agenda.
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Macron says 50 mn vaccinated in France with at least one jab
After a slow start, France now has one of the world's highest vaccination rates, with close to 90% of adults in the country of 67 million people having received one or two vaccine doses.
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End of 'Merkron': EU's power couple prepares to bow out
Angela Merkel is to relinquish power after German elections on 26 September, bringing an end to her 16 years in office that has seen her work with four different French leaders starting with Jacques Chirac.
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France lambasts Australia, US after 'stab in back' on subs
'It's really a stab in the back. We had established a relationship of trust with Australia, this trust has been betrayed,' Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Info radio.
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France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers
France's national public health agency estimated last week that roughly 12% of hospital staff and around 6% of doctors in private practices have yet to be vaccinated.
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France gets tough on vaccine rule for health workers
President Emmanuel Macron issued the ultimatum two months ago, but tens of thousands of carers remain unvaccinated.
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'Haunted': Ex-models speak out against French fashion boss
"It's haunted me for 20 years," Lisa Brinkworth, a former BBC journalist, told AFP of her encounter with Gerald Marie, the former Europe chief of the Elite modelling agency, and its fallout.
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Black market for fake Covid passes flourishes in France
People have had to show proof they have either been vaccinated, tested negative for Covid or have recovered from the disease in order to enter a museum, cinema or sports venue since July.
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New protests as France set to impose Covid health pass
Macron, who faces re-election next year, hopes to encourage all French to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and thereby defeat the virus and its fast-spreading Delta variant.
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France lashes out at 'discriminatory' England quarantine rule
The UK singled out France due to the government's concern over the 'persistent presence' of the Beta variant, which is believed to be more resistant to vaccines.
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Israel tells France it takes spyware scandal seriously
Pegasus can switch on a phone's camera or microphone and harvest its data, and is at the centre of a storm after a list of about 50,000 potential surveillance targets worldwide was leaked to human rights groups.
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France owes French Polynesia 'a debt' over nuclear tests: Macron
"I accept responsibility and I want truth and transparency together with you," Macron said in a speech to Polynesian officials during his first official trip to the territory, adding that there should be better compensation for victims of the tests.
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New Covid variant 'probable' this year: top French expert
The country is currently battling an unprecedented spike in new cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant, which was first recorded in India.
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France launches controversial vaccine pass as fourth wave hits
Prime Minister Jean Castex defended the policy, noting that nearly all new infections are in people who have not been immunised. The number of new infections over 24 hours shot up to 21,000 on Wednesday, the highest level since early May.
