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Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to protest rising living costs, amid an increasingly tense political atmosphere marked by strikes at oil refineries and nuclear plants that threaten to spread further. The march had…

The French government backs efforts to raise taxes on private jets, Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu said on Saturday. "It makes sense that pollutants are taxed, and that the more you pollute, the more you're taxed," Béchu…

Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz were smiling as they posed for photos before a long dinner this week in Berlin, but there was a chill in the air. Warm platitudes and hopeful words of future defense and energy collaboration by the French…

A group of French lawmakers landed in Taipei on Wednesday, the first high-level European delegation since China conducted huge war drills to protest a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Taiwan exists under constant…

Britain, France, Germany and the US have stressed the need to ensure the safety of nuclear installations threatened by the conflict in Ukraine. In a phone call on Sunday, the four leaders also reiterated their support for…

French giant TotalEnergies and Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate plan to invest US$5 billion (S$7 billion) to produce green hydrogen and related products in India as the world's third-largest polluter seeks to decarbonize.…

The first round of the 2022 French legislative elections kicked off Sunday in Metropolitan France (the region of the country geographically in Europe) for voters to elect 577 members for the National Assembly. According to the Interior…

The Australian government will pay French shipbuilder Naval Group $835 million in compensation, after last year's decision to tear up a $90-billion contract to build 12 submarines. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement…

Elisabeth Borne has been named the new Prime Minister of France, the first time in 30 years that a woman has held the position. Borne will replace Jean Castex in the role, the Elysée Palace said in a statement on Monday, becoming only…

The French cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss further measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Junior Housing Minister Emmanuelle Wargon said. When asked on Sud Radio about the likelihood of a curfew for cities such as Paris where…