Priceless royal jewels stolen in daring daylight heist at the Louvre
A dramatic daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday has left France reeling after a team of ...
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Macron urges outgoing French PM to make last-ditch bid to end political crisis
Elysée seeks calm amid deepening turmoilPresident Emmanuel Macron has asked outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to make a final attempt ...
France hit with record credit downgrade as debt burden deepens
France’s credit rating has been cut to its lowest level on record by Fitch, with the agency warning that political ...
Deadly heatwave grips Southern Europe as temperatures soar past 40C
Deadly heatwave grips Southern Europe as temperatures soar past 40C A deadly heatwave has once again seized Southern Europe, with ...
‘Unprecedented’ wildfire scorches area size of Paris in southern France
A massive wildfire has engulfed 16,000 hectares of land near France’s southern border with Spain, destroying homes and forcing thousands ...
UK agrees to pay transport costs in new ‘one in, one out’ asylum seeker deal with France
Britain has agreed to cover the cost of transporting asylum seekers under a new bilateral arrangement with France, in which ...
France signals willingness to discuss reparations for colonial massacres in Niger
France has indicated openness to engage in dialogue regarding reparations for the 1899 Mission Afrique Centrale (MAC), a brutal colonial ...
On this day in 1789: Paris mob storms the Bastille as revolution ignites
The storming of the Bastille by an armed mob in Paris has marked a turning point in France’s political crisis, ...
France takes a stand: The nation’s bold move against smoking
France, a nation historically linked with café culture and personal freedoms, is now firmly stepping up its efforts to combat ...
French parliament passes historic assisted dying bill
On 27 May 2025, France’s National Assembly took a significant step towards legalising assisted dying, approving a bill by 305 ...