05-02-2018 10:34
Czech Petra Kvitova brushed aside defending champion Kristina Mladenovic of France in straight sets on Sunday (Feb 4) to claim the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy, her 21st WTA crown.
21-01-2018 18:03
MADRID: Barcelona and Antoine Griezmann have reached an agreement for the France striker to switch from Atletico Madrid to the Catalan giants at the end of the season, Spanish daily Sport reported on Saturday (Jan 20).
21-01-2018 10:14
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang has expressed his hope that the French Anti-corruption Agency (FAA) and the HCM City Inspectorate will cooperate with each other and exchange experience in the fight against corruption.
19-01-2018 10:10
SANDHURST: Prime Minister Theresa May and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed a new border security deal on Thursday (Jan 18), through which the UK will pay more to France to stop migrants trying to reach British shores.
18-01-2018 16:00
PARIS: France on Wednesday (Jan 17) scrapped controversial plans for a new west coast airport, vowing to evict environmental activists who have occupied the huge site for almost a decade.
17-01-2018 16:00
CALAIS, France: President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (Jan 16) vowed that France would no longer allow migrant camps like the notorious "Jungle" as he defended a tougher line on immigration that has attracted sharp criticism from some of his allies.
15-01-2018 16:00
PARIS: The chief executive of France's Lactalis group on Sunday vowed compensation for victims of salmonella-tainted baby milk, as he revealed that recalls were now under way in 83 countries.
14-01-2018 09:54
SAINT-AIGNAN-SUR-CHER: France's first panda cub made its debut public appearance Saturday (Jan 13), five months after its birth, to rapturous crowds - some of whom had travelled hours to see the fluffy male.
12-01-2018 12:32
PARIS: France said on Thursday (Jan 11) there has been a "major dysfunction" in a recall of baby milk after stores sold potentially contaminated products despite having been ordered to take them off their shelves.
10-01-2018 11:00
PARIS: The French government said on Tuesday (Jan 9) it would lower the speed limit on two-lane highways to 80 kilometres per hour from 90 kilometres (55 miles) per hour, hoping to reverse an alarming rise in road deaths in recent years.
08-01-2018 11:00
PARIS: French singer France Gall, who shot to fame in the 1960s with a series of hits and a sexually suggestive song about lollipops written by Serge Gainsbourg, died on Sunday (Jan 7) aged 70, her spokeswoman announced.
07-01-2018 17:57
DOHA: France's Gael Monfils won the Qatar Open final in straight sets on Saturday (Jan 6), brushing aside Russia's Andrey Rublev in a one-sided final, 6-2, 6-3.
03-01-2018 16:00
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani phoned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (Jan 2) to demand action against a "terrorist" Iranian opposition group he accused of fomenting recent protests.
27-12-2017 10:11
PARIS: French prosecutors have opened a probe into salmonella contamination and a major international recall of baby milk produced by dairy giant Lactalis, a legal source told AFP on Tuesday (Dec 26).
26-12-2017 14:00
GENEVA: Three mountain climbers from Switzerland and France have been killed in avalanches in the Swiss Alps in the past three days, police said on Monday (Dec 25).