France

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after inaugurating the WHO Academy campus, which promotes lifelong learning across the health sector, in Lyon, France December 17, 2024. Photo: Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

Macron seeks to attract researchers to France in jab at US

Macron added that he would provide more details on the initiative on May 5th

Nineteen plaintiffs have now accused Health Minister Catherine Vautrin and Higher Education Minister Elisabeth Borne of allowing "totally illegal and deadly working conditions" for workers and staff in training at public hospitals across France. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

French hospital staff, relatives sue ministers over work-related suicides

Algerian and French flags flutter ahead of the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Algiers, Algeria August 25, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo
Africa

Algeria asks 12 French officials to leave in 48 hours

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of humanitarian aid destined to Gaza, at the Egyptian Red Crescent warehouse in Arish, Egypt April 8, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Macron says France could recognise Palestinian state in June

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Bangladesh

New Franco-Bangladeshi journalists group establishes first executive body

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gestures on the day her supporters rally for her, after calls for a peaceful mobilisation following Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement of EU funds, resulting in her being barred from running for office for five years, in Paris, France, April 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Europe

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris

Algerian and French flags flutter ahead of the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Algiers, Algeria August 25, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo
Europe

France, Algeria resume dialogue, but rocky path ahead

Local elected officials from the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) political party, distribute leaflets in support of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen at a market, a day after she was found guilty of embezzlement of EU funds and barred from running for office for five years, in Henin-Beaumont, France, April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Europe

Le Pen's party chief calls on French people to rally against election ban

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, talks to journalists as she leaves on the last day of her trial in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo/File Photo
Europe

France's Le Pen seeks to keep presidency hopes alive after election ban

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, talks to journalists as she leaves on the last day of her trial in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo/File Photo
Europe

France's Le Pen faces crunch day in graft trial that could kill her presidential hopes

French far-right leader and member of parliament Marine Le Pen attends a gathering in support of detained Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Paris, France, March 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Europe

French Constitutional Council ruling deals blow to Le Pen

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the end of the press conference following a bilateral meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 26, 2025. Photo: YOAN VALAT/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Ukraine's allies meet with new aid, security assurances in mind

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front (FN) political party leader, attends a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France January 10, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Europe

Proposed political ban for France's Le Pen increasingly prevalent, despite her outrage