Tag: France government
EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage
PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...
French FM in Lebanon with a message of ‘great firmness’
BEIRUT — France's foreign minister began a visit to Lebanon Thursday with a message of “great firmness” to its political leaders, threatening to take...
Macron to commemorate 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday is marking the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonapart, the warrior and emperor who famously bequeathed...
EU’s Brexit chief eyes a role in French presidential vote
PARIS — He’s well known in the U.K., and his photo was regularly splashed across the front pages of European newspapers. But as presidential...
Egypt buying 30 more Rafale fighter jets from France
PARIS — Egypt is buying another 30 Rafale fighter jets from France, building up its fleet of the advanced warplane to 54, second only...
French prosecutors request end of Rwanda genocide probe
PARIS —
Paris prosecutors on Monday requested the end of...
‘The Captain’ challenges impoverished youth to love France
PIERREFITTE-SUR-SEINE, France — The man they call “the Captain” runs a tight ship, reaching into his years of military service to inculcate confidence, courage...
Mourners hold protester funerals in Chad’s tense capital
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Hundreds of chanting mourners carrying Chadian flags gathered Saturday to bury some victims who shot dead this week during demonstrations against...
France: National homage for police official stabbed at work
PARIS — France is holding a national ceremony Friday to honor a police official who was stabbed to death inside her police station in...
France’s cafes, restaurants terraces to reopen next month
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the outdoor terraces of France's cafes and restaurants will be allowed to reopen on May 19...
