The former President of France, Jacques Chirac, who died Thursday, was not known for his political correctness and was fearlessly outspoken on everything from the Iraq War to Margaret Thatcher. Here are some of his best and most controversial quotes. 1 © Reuters / Jason Reed Chirac was a fierce[…]
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that conditions were now in place for the leaders of the United States and Iran to meet at the United Nations, but it remained their decision on whether to move forward. “I believe that the conditions in this context for a rapid return[…]
Residents in the sleepy French town of Armentieres got a major shock Wednesday evening when a large black panther was seen patrolling the suburbs, and this was no Marvel superhero. Calls flooded in to local authorities at around 6:30pm Wednesday that the powerful animal was spotted prowling the city streets…[…]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that suggestions by French President Emmanuel Macron about defusing the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive were a move in the right direction, though more work still needed to be done. Macron made “some suggestions last week to President [Hassan] Rouhani and we[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Biarritz, France, on Sunday to participate in a G7 Summit “focused on the elimination of inequalities of various kinds globally”, the presidency confirmed in a statement. The G7 comprises France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, whose government leaders meet[…]
Leaders of the G7 nations began arriving in France on Saturday for a summit as a U.S.-China row over protectionism highlighted President Emmanuel Macron’s tough task in delivering real results on trade, Iran and climate change. The three-day meeting in the Atlantic seaside resort of Biarritz takes place amid sharp[…]
Emmanuel Macron took the opportunity to tell Russia’s Vladimir Putin that a “true democracy” should treat protesters with respect. In France, anti-Macron protesters have been met with police batons for the past 40 weekends. The two leaders met ahead of the G7 summit, which Russia will not be part of,[…]
The two public swimming pools in southeast France shut down despite the current heatwave after a row over the use of full-body Islamic “burkini” swimsuits. Seven burkini-clad women, accompanied by activists from the Alliance Citoyenne rights group, went to the Grenoble pools on Sunday demanding the right to bathe –[…]
Iran is failing as a nation after Washington imposed powerful sanctions last year, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding that things could change rapidly in talks with the leadership in Tehran. “When I became president, Iran was a true state of terror. They still are and were undisputed champions of[…]
Several people were wounded Friday by a suspected package bomb blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon in southeastern France, the local prosecutors’ office said. The area where the explosion occurred, on the narrow strip of land between the Saone and Rhone rivers in the historic city[…]
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