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A security guard was killed in the early hours of Monday inside the Qatar Embassy in Paris in an incident that does not appear to have any...
France’s Macron opts for continuity in government reshuffle
Emmanuel Macron retained his finance and interior ministers while appointing only the second woman to head France’s foreign ministry, as the president reshuffled his cabinet...
Protester painted in Ukraine colours ejected from Cannes red carpet
The Ukraine crisis grabbed the spotlight in Cannes on Friday as a semi-naked protester painted in blue and yellow was ejected from the red carpet....
Police fire on car in Paris, killing two
French police shot dead two men in a car that drove at them after failing to stop for a check in central Paris, the public...
France’s Macron defeats far-right, says second mandate to be different
President Emmanuel Macron beat far-right challenger Marine Le Pen with a solid margin, final results showed on Monday, but he showed no triumphalism as he acknowledged widespread...
France winds up election campaign of fear and loathing
French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen made final appeals on Friday to undecided voters weighing fears of what a Le Pen...
French elections: A false start and a Russian loan, Macron-Le Pen debate takeaways
French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen locked horns in front of a live television audience on Wednesday for their only...
Bookmakers see France’s Macron easily winning Sunday’s runoff
French President Emmanuel Macron has a more than 90% chance of winning Sunday’s presidential runoff vote against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, the odds offered...
Main Paris attacks suspect apologises to victims
Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the group of Islamist militants that killed 130 people in a night of gun and...
Far-right candidate Le Pen calls Macron France’s most ‘authoritarian’ president
French far-right presidential candidate Marin Le Pen rebuffed on Thursday criticism by her rival Emmanuel Macron accusing her of retaining her “authoritarian” and extremist views,...