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Macron mulls stripping top French honour from Putin
Situation complicated by fact that Ukraine’s wartime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now been bestowed with France’s légion d'honneur.
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Algeria outraged as wanted protester escapes to French
A doctor by training, the journalist and activist Amira Bouraoui was banned from leaving Algeria pending an appeal trial but was not in detention.
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France’s Macron ‘changed for real’ on Ukraine, says Zelensky
Ukraine leader's comments came in an interview published by the Le Figaro daily just as Mr Zelensky was to arrive in Paris for his first visit to France since the invasion began almost one year ago.
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French giant TotalEnergies posts record $20.5 billion profit
The 28 percent gain would have been much higher save for the nearly $15 billion in charges linked to its leaving the Russian market.
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French and German ministers lobby US over green subsidy plans
Robert Habeck and Bruno Le Maire are in the US for talks on the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act - the EU argues that some of Washington's green subsidy plans are protectionist and could even risk a trade war.
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Third day of strikes and protests over Macron pension plan
Authorities say over 750,000 people took part in more than 200 street demonstrations.
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French parliament debates pension reform as new strike looms
At the start of the parliamentary debate, labour minister Olivier Dussopt struggled to make himself heard above loud booing and shouting.
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Mother and seven children die after house fire in France
The fire at Charly-sur-Marne east of Paris was reportedly sparked by a malfunctioning clothes dryer.
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French PM offers to ease pension overhaul to win conservatives' backing
Since President Emmanuel Macron's party lost its absolute majority last year, the government under prime minister Élisabeth Borne needs votes from the conservative Les Républicains to pass the unpopular reform in parliament.
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France knocks down seaside building symbolic of coastal erosion
When the four-storey building was built behind the beach in the southwestern Gironde town of Soulac-sur-Mer in 1967, it stood 200 metres from the shoreline, but had to be evacuated in 2014 after the sea crept to within 20 metres.