Browsing: France

Euronews says FIREFIGHTERS continued to battle wildfires raging out of control in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heatwave.

Élisabeth Borne survives no-confidence vote, as Macron under pressure following leaked documents of allegations regarding Uber.

EMMANUEL MACRON ordered to RESIGN as he is facing furious resignation calls after an investigation revealed he signed a “secret deal” to advance a US company in France.

Euronews says INSIDE FRANCE’S National Assembly, the atmosphere was electric on Wednesday for the first speech by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne as the ruling party no longer holds an absolute majority — a rarity in the country.

France has repatriated 51 nationals – 35 children and 16 mothers – from camps in Syria who were family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held.

France weighs return to masks as more uncertainty looms for holiday goers and frustration for the French, who are sick of the restrictions. “The French…

Euronews says FRANCE’S highest administrative court has upheld a nationwide ban on the wearing of “burkini” swimming costumes in public pools.

No place for Muslim women who wear burkinis in the French city of Grenoble’s public pools rules top French court. “The new rules of procedure…

The Independent says Extreme heat blanketing Western Europe this weekend is likely to be only a “foretaste of future”, climate scientists and meteorologists have warned.

Euronews says Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance has lost its absolute majority in the French National Assembly, just two months after he was re-elected as president.

France24 says with 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point.

Euronews says France’s highest court has heard an appeal by the city of Grenoble over a nationwide swimming pool ban on the “burkini” swimsuit.

France24 says an early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south.

France24 says a fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of violence by security forces to the heart of an increasingly close French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

BBC Sport says Rafael Nadal demonstrated once again why he is the greatest player in French Open history by beating long-time rival Novak Djokovic in a late-night thriller to reach the men’s singles semi-finals.

The Independent says a 32-year-old French journalist has died after being hit by shell shrapnel as he documented an evacuation operation in eastern Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has said.

Euronews says a bizarre incident occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday (29 May) as a man in disguise smeared a cake over the Mona Lisa.

France24 says The Cannes Film Festival explored the devastating human cost of war and colonisation in Philippe Faucon’s Algerian War film “Les Harkis” and the Omar Sy-starring “Father and Soldier”.

Several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as a whole is on track to be the…

France24 says several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as whole is on track to be the hottest since records began.

France24 says Cannes 2022 kicked off with a zombie-themed tribute to film-making by French director Michel Hazanavicius as the movie world returned to the Riviera.

Euronews says Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

France24 says as global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland.

Modi refuses to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine in a meeting with President Macron. India and France on Wednesday called for “an immediate cessation of…

The Guardian says Emmanuel Macron narrowly missed being hit by a bag of tomatoes during a surprise visit to a working-class area north of Paris.