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Switzerland and France have agreed on a joint security and military cooperation plan ahead of the upcoming G7 Summit, reinforcing efforts to ensure the safety of world leaders and delegates expected to attend the high-profile gathering in mid-June. The summit, scheduled to take place in the French town of Évian-les-Bains on the shores......
French judicial authorities have opened an investigation following complaints filed by several lawmakers who reported receiving a racist message containing discriminatory and offensive content. The case concerns a document sent to members of a parliamentary group in the French National Assembly. The message allegedly included racist stereotypes......
A 31-years-old railway worker employed by SNCF has died after being struck by a commercial train during maintenance operations near Bordeaux, in southwestern France. The accident occurred on Wednesday evening in Lormont, in the Gironde region, around 10:15 p.m. The worker was carrying out signalling and track maintenance work when he was......
Eurozone GDP contracted by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2026 after a sharp downward revision of earlier estimates. The final figures show a significant shift from the initial flash estimate, which had indicated a 0.1 percent expansion. The revision marks the first quarterly contraction in the single-currency area since the second quarter......
Italian eyewear company iVision Tech has reported strong online sales after one of its sunglasses models gained unexpected global attention following a public appearance by French President Emmanuel Macron. The model, produced under the company’s Henry Jullien brand, surpassed 1,000 online sales after being widely associated with sunglasses......
Steven Spielberg brought his new extraterrestrial thriller Disclosure Day to London on Thursday night for its UK premiere at Leicester Square, just days before the film's theatrical release. The red carpet featured Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson, continuing a promotional tour that began with......
Nearly 40% of automotive repair businesses inspected in France have been found to have irregularities related to pricing practices, according to a nationwide investigation by the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF). The inspection campaign, carried out in 2024, examined more than 1,600 garages,......
Marjane Satrapi, the Franco-Iranian graphic novelist and filmmaker behind Persepolis, has died in Paris at the age of 56. Her family announced her death on Thursday, marking the end of a career that reshaped contemporary graphic literature and brought Iranian personal history to a global audience. Born in Rasht, Iran, in 1969, Satrapi grew......
French spirits group Rémy Cointreau has reported a sharp decline in its annual net profit, falling by 35% for its 2025–2026 fiscal year, as the company faces increasing pressure from international tariffs and higher production costs. The company attributed the downturn to additional import duties applied in key markets such as......
A court in Marseille has sentenced a 50-years-old woman to one year in prison after she was found guilty of giving cocaine to her 10-years-old daughter while the child was receiving medical treatment in a hospital. According to information presented during the judicial proceedings, the incident occurred in February 2022. The girl, who suffers......
Stellantis has committed more than one billion euros to its operations in France, targeting research and development as well as the future production of three electrified Peugeot models. The vehicles are scheduled to be manufactured at the Mulhouse plant starting in 2029, marking a long-term industrial repositioning for one of the group’s......
A banana attached to a wall as part of Maurizio Cattelan’s conceptual artwork Comedian was stolen from a museum in eastern France on May 30. Security staff at the Centre Pompidou-Metz noticed the disappearance during routine monitoring of the exhibition space. The museum later confirmed the theft and filed a formal complaint against......
Morocco has appointed 21 new consuls general as part of a 2026 diplomatic mobility operation aimed at renewing its consular network and expanding administrative coverage for Moroccan communities abroad. The appointments followed an open call for applications and account for 35 percent of the kingdom’s consular posts. The new postings......
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