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Macron, Merkel meet to harmonize positions before EU summit
World
October 16, 2019
Macron, Merkel meet to harmonize positions before EU summit
France’s Emmanuel Macron will hold talks Wednesday with Germany’s Angela Merkel for the second time in a week to chart…
Syria Kurds defend key town as Turkey ignores US
Middle East
October 15, 2019
Syria Kurds defend key town as Turkey ignores US
Kurdish forces held out in a key border town Tuesday seven days into a deadly Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria…
EU urged to share refugees as boat tragedies mount
World
October 8, 2019
EU urged to share refugees as boat tragedies mount
A nucleus of four EU countries was trying Tuesday to coax more reluctant member states to take a share of…
Global climate ‘rebellion’ sees mass arrests and blocked roads
World
October 8, 2019
Global climate ‘rebellion’ sees mass arrests and blocked roads
Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience…
Motive sought for deadly stabbing spree at Paris police HQ
World
October 4, 2019
Motive sought for deadly stabbing spree at Paris police HQ
Investigators combed an IT staffer’s computer Friday for clues to his motive for stabbing four colleagues to death at police…
Macron made last-minute bid to get Trump and Rouhani to talk in New York: sources
Middle East
October 2, 2019
Macron made last-minute bid to get Trump and Rouhani to talk in New York: sources
PARIS/WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Before leaving New York last week, French President Emmanuel Macron made a failed last-minute push to…
Former PM represents Egypt at Jacques Chirac’s funeral service
Egypt
October 1, 2019
Former PM represents Egypt at Jacques Chirac’s funeral service
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dispatched his assistant to national and strategic projects and Egypt’s former Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to…
World leaders set for final tribute to France’s Chirac
World
September 30, 2019
World leaders set for final tribute to France’s Chirac
Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are expected in Paris on Monday to pay their final respects…
Bracing for Brexit: French food companies fear cost of ‘no deal’
World
September 30, 2019
Bracing for Brexit: French food companies fear cost of ‘no deal’
White smoke billows from a chimney at a sugar beet factory in northern France, where a tanker truck is filling…
French queue to remember Chirac ahead of national mourning
World
September 27, 2019
French queue to remember Chirac ahead of national mourning
Mourners lined up at France’s presidential palace to pay their respects on Friday to former head of state Jacques Chirac,…