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Morocco’s frozen raspberry exports to France reached unprecedented levels in 2025, marking a strong rebound in one of Europe’s most competitive fruit markets. According to trade data from the first ten months of the year, Moroccan shipments of frozen raspberries and blackberries approached 2,000 tons, valued at nearly $6 million.......

Paris – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced increased support for ten countries facing emergency situations, many of them linked to natural disasters and extreme weather events recorded during the autumn of 2025. According to the organization, recent months have seen......

Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer, one of the most influential figures in postwar European art, has passed away at the age of 96. Known for his radical technique of “overpainting,” Rainer redefined the boundaries of expression, turning destruction into a form of creation. His death, announced by his family and confirmed by Austrian......

Japan has unveiled a five-year plan to invest around 1 trillion yen (approximately $6.34 billion) in a new artificial intelligence venture, positioning itself among global powers seeking control over the technological and economic foundations of AI infrastructure. The initiative, backed by SoftBank and Preferred Networks, aims to develop a......

French actor, director and theater educator Pierre Vial, an honorary member of the Comédie-Française, died on Saturday at the age of 97, his family announced. He passed away in Paris at the Rothschild Foundation. Vial was widely known by the general public for his role as the wizard Eusebius in the cult comedy The Visitors (1993),......

A woman was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint inside her apartment in central Paris on Saturday afternoon, with the estimated losses reaching around 100,000 euros, according to police sources. The incident occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. in the 8th arrondissement, near Boulevard Haussmann. The victim reportedly opened her door to two individuals......

French President Emmanuel Macron began an official visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where he is spending Christmas with French troops stationed in the Gulf country. The trip also aims to strengthen strategic cooperation between Paris and Abu Dhabi, particularly in security and defense matters. Upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi, Macron......

An Air France flight traveling from Paris to Ajaccio was forced to make an emergency diversion to Lyon on Saturday afternoon due to a technical issue reported during the journey. The incident caused concern among passengers but resulted in no injuries. The Airbus A320 had departed from Paris Orly and was approximately thirty minutes into......

Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to engage in dialogue with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a statement made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The remarks come amid renewed diplomatic discussions surrounding the ongoing war in Ukraine. Speaking to Russian media, Peskov said that Putin had already expressed his......

French police officers fatally shot a man armed with a knife on Saturday morning in the city of Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, following a tense intervention in a public area. According to official sources, the man was moving through the streets while holding a knife and behaving in a threatening manner. Officers followed......

Several French agricultural unions have announced plans for renewed mobilizations in January after expressing disappointment with the government’s response to their demands. A letter sent by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu outlining measures to address the crisis has been described by union leaders as insufficient and lacking......

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told European leaders in Brussels that Europe’s proposed security guarantees cannot replace the binding commitment of the United States. Speaking at the European Council summit, he insisted that only a US-backed system modeled on NATO’s Article 5 could provide Ukraine with real deterrence......

Authorities in Spain, in close collaboration with Moroccan police, have dismantled a major transnational drug trafficking network operating between Morocco and several European countries, ultimately targeting Belgium. The network reportedly used passenger buses to transport hashish across international borders, employing sophisticated methods......