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Family of seven-time F1 champion says he has come out of a coma and has been moved from France to a hospital in Lausanne. 

The sixth day of a crippling national rail strike coincides with the beginning of crucial nationwide baccalauréat school-leaving exams.

The race to acquire Alstom's energy arm is entering a crucial week, with Siemens due to present an offer ahead of a cut-off date set by GE.

The French and German leaders spoke to their Russian counterpart by phone hours after a Ukranian army plane was shot down leaving 49 dead.

The Japanese and German firms are bidding for the French group's energy branch against an existing $17 billion offer from General Electric.

Clinton is on a media tour to promote her new book, though many see the increased media exposure as a prelude to a presidential campaign.

The French interior ministry said that the 28-year-old Tunisian played 'a key role' in the recruitment of young jihadists in the Grenoble area.

France is a democracy but in the sense of a "flawed democracy", according to latest Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index.

Performing artists and technicians working in the arts are protesting against tough changes to their specific unemployment benefits system.

French police have warned against a dare spreading on Facebook, to jump fully clothed into water, after one death and a serious injury.