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Private equity firm CD&R is in exclusive talks to buy 50% stake in Sanofi's consumer healthcare arm Opella which makes the best-selling Doliprane drug in France; meanwhile the French government has also bought a small stake in the company and has warned the American buyers of penalties if they shift production abroad.

Demonstrators gathered across France to show their support for mass rape victim Gisèle Pelicot whose ongoing trial saw her ex-husband as well as some 50 defendants – aged from 26 to 74 – take the stand.

Jean-Noël Barrot says Russian victory would ‘push the international order toward chaos’ as he supports negotiations.

A Parisian driver has been accused of intentionally running over a cyclist who got in his way. Protests are planned across the country following the cyclist's tragic death.

The boat was found to be heavily loaded with migrants and some were in the water when the rescue team arrived on Thursday evening.

Damage was caused in France's mountainous southeast region after days of heavy rain.

French president goes on attack to try put lid on brouhaha that sparked row with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Martinique has been rocked by cost of living protests that have left four people dead in clashes and shops and businesses set alight or looted.

The controversial activist known for his pan-Africanist stance, was released from French custody without charge, two days after he was arrested in Paris.

Torrential rain and flooding have submerged roads and railways in central France, disrupting transportation in the region.