17-06-2020 09:00
PARIS: France does not rule out Europe failing to reach a deal on its post-Brexit relationship with Britain but very much wants to avoid such an outcome, its foreign minister was quoted as saying Tuesday (Jun 16).
10-06-2020 17:08
PARIS: LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan said he felt "pretty sure" the Women's British Open could go ahead in August despite France's Evian Championship becoming the first women's golf major to be lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
10-06-2020 09:03
PARIS: The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited sites in Paris, will reopen to the public on Jun 25 more than three months after shuttering in France's coronavirus lockdown, its operators said on Tuesday (Jun 9).
10-06-2020 08:49
TOKYO: When Julie Sergent's father died, she faced an agonising decision: If she travelled from her home in Japan to attend the funeral in France, she wouldn't be allowed back.
05-06-2020 09:07
LILLE, France: French police fired tear gas to disperse around 2,000 demonstrators protesting against racism and police brutality in the northern city of Lille on Thursday (Jun 4).
29-05-2020 08:57
BOURBOURG: Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband Joseph, a care home resident, as the couple reunites after weeks without a visit because of France's coronavirus lockdown.
28-05-2020 09:11
PARIS: The French prosecutor's office said on Wednesday (May 27) that 26 people have been arrested in France and Belgium in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of a truck near London last year.
19-05-2020 10:21
BERLIN: France and Germany proposed on Monday (May 18) a 500-billion-euro (US$545-billion) fund to finance the recovery of the European Union's economy from the devastation wrought by the coronavirus crisis.
18-05-2020 09:57
PARIS: Deaths from the new coronavirus in France passed 28,000 on Sunday (May 17), the health ministry announced, as officials tried to contain outbreaks in two abattoirs.
16-05-2020 08:42
PARIS: Online retailing giant Amazon is seeking to resume operations from Tuesday at its six warehouses in France that were temporarily closed in a labour dispute over working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Friday (May 15).
15-05-2020 16:30
Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first.
15-05-2020 15:00
PARIS: France on Thursday (May 14) reported 351 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals and nursing homes as its overall toll from the pandemic hit 27,425.
15-05-2020 09:21
PARIS: Henri Leconte says the French Open should be cancelled if it is impossible to have spectators at the claycourt Grand Slam event.
07-05-2020 09:35
PARIS: The budget for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris currently remains unchanged despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to the head of the organising committee.
05-05-2020 14:00
As France, Italy, and Spain are set to relax coronavirus restrictions, Vietnam-based companies still have to wait a little bit longer to step up their export activities towards the European market.