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Emmanuel Macron, Rishi Sunak seek to overcome years of Franco-British feuding
PARIS: French leader Emmanuel Macron and British prime minister Rishi Sunak will Friday seek to reset cross-Channel relations at a Paris meeting signalling an end…
France: France faces ‘standstill’ in protests against pensions overhaul
PARIS: France‘s trade unions headed for a crucial face-off against President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, with fresh strikes and protests planned against a controversial pensions…
Macron: Macron says will visit China in ‘early April’
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would visit China in early April and called on Beijing to “help us pressure Russia” to…
Biden: 10 most notable gifts Joe Biden received as US President in 2021
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden received more than $46,000 in gifts from foreign leaders in his first year in office, according to an annual report from…
French pensions strikes slow before March showdown
PARIS: Turnout was sharply down on Thursday for new strikes in France against a bitterly opposed pension reform being debated in parliament, with union heads…
India news: India’s rising clout prompts global powers to ignore Modi’s crackdown on press
Just hours after Indian tax authorities searched the BBC’s offices on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held phone calls with Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron…
India can help address Ukraine issue: French President Emmanuel Macron
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron brought up the Ukraine issue with PM Narendra Modi, saying India under the latter’s leadership can mobilise the world…
French PM offers to ease pension overhaul for conservatives’ backing
PARIS: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered on Sunday to soften a planned pension overhaul to let some people who started work early also retire…