Tag Archives: France

When French President Emmanuel Macron shared his plans to formally recognize Palestinian statehood at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September, he said there was “no alternative.” “We must build the state of Palestine, ensure its viability and ensure that by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, it …

In the sprawling suburbs of Corbeil-Essonnes south of Paris, kids aged 10 to 13 years old are playing what seems to be an every-man-for-himself game of soccer in a town square. Two boys chasing the ball collide, causing one to twist his ankle and fall onto the pavement.  Watching the …

More than 500 people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to …

A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years with “immediate effect.” The sentence prevents her from running for president for the nationalist, anti-immigration National Rally party in 2027. Prosecutors also sentenced her …

The discovery of a huge unexploded Second World War-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris’s high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, dashing weekend getaway plans and causing cascading travel disruptions. Eurostar, operator of sleek high-speed trains between the U.K. and the continent, announced the cancellation of all …

Two people have been arrested in relation to the arson attack on the Russian consulate in Marseille on Monday, according to French prosecutors. The prosecutor’s department did not give any further details about who was arrested, apart from saying in a statement on Tuesday that they were two key individuals. On Monday, three projectiles …

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was pressing France over security measures following an explosion at a Russian consulate building in Marseille which Moscow said appeared to be an act of terrorism. The incident took place in the southern French port city on the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. A French security source …

Canada’s ambassador to France says he’s against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland, saying “in order to respect international law, you don’t threaten your neighbours by invasion.”  Stéphane Dion, who is also the special envoy to Europe and the European Union, says threatening a country’s sovereignty is …

A proposed retirement home for marine park whales on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore has hit another hurdle.  France has denied an application to transport two orcas from Marineland Antibes to the site being proposed by the Whale Sanctuary Project, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, near Sherbrooke, N.S. The Antibes park closed permanently …

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-right National Front party who tapped into working-class concerns over immigration and globalization and built a career on rhetoric that many saw as racist and xenophobic, has died aged 96. His death was confirmed by his daughter Marine Le Pen’s political party, National …