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France to restrict suspect Lebanese officials from entering
PARIS — France will restrict Lebanese officials suspected of corruption or obstructing the formation of a government from entering the country, the foreign minister...
France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill
PARIS — The French government on Wednesday unveiled a new counterterrorism and intelligence bill aiming at better preventing attacks, notably via a greater surveillance...
French PM condemns 20 retired generals who warned of ‘chaos’
PARIS — French Prime Minister Jean Castex condemned on Wednesday an open letter in a right-wing magazine by 20 retired generals that raised the...
EXPLAINER: The potential risks of political crisis in Chad
DAKAR, Senegal — The killing of President Idriss Deby Itno has left his son in charge of Chad, the first change of power in...
France, Germany plan billions in pandemic recovery spending
FRANKFURT, Germany — France and Germany together laid out plans for billions in spending from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund aimed at fighting...
France reopens schools as virus patients numbers peak
PARIS — Nursery and primary schools reopened on Monday across France after a three-week closure in the first step out of the country's partial...
France’s Macron presses Putin over Navalny, Ukraine
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to cool tensions with Ukraine, and expressed “grave concern” about the...
France donates COVID vaccines to Africa through UN program
GENEVA — France on Friday became the first rich country to donate COVID-19 vaccines to a developing nation through the U.N.'s jab rollout program...
Europe lines up more shots, hoping to beat back virus surge
BERLIN — Slow out of the gate, the European Union has ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, with the distribution of the Johnson &...
Rwanda report blames France for ‘enabling’ the 1994 genocide
PARIS — The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide,” a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France’s role...
