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Emmanuel Macron opens climate finance summit with calls for change
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Emmanuel Macron opens climate finance summit with calls for change

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron opened a climate finance summit on Thursday by saying changes were needed to the global lending system to ensure that…

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Down in 17 seconds : Emmanuel Macron chugs beer with rugby team, sparks row
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Down in 17 seconds : Emmanuel Macron chugs beer with rugby team, sparks row

French President Emmanuel Macron has created a brouhaha in France after being filmed downing a bottle of beer with Toulouse’s rugby players after they clinched…

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France: Children who were stabbed in France no longer in life-threatening condition as suspect is charged

PARIS: French judges on Saturday handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a…

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How Europe views China-US tussle
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How Europe views China-US tussle

China sent more than 30 warplanes to Taiwan’s airspace over the course of about six hours, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday, a sharp…

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4 children, including one in stroller, stabbed in France; suspect a Syrian; no terror motive yet
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4 children, including one in stroller, stabbed in France; suspect a Syrian; no terror motive yet

ANNECY: Four toddlers and two pensioners were stabbed in a knife attack in the tranquil French mountain town of Annecy on Thursday and the government…

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France knife stabbing: Macron calls stabbing 'attack of absolute cowardice'
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France knife stabbing: Macron calls stabbing ‘attack of absolute cowardice’

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denounced an “attack of absolute cowardice” after a man stabbed four preschool children and an adult in the French…

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France plans major police presence for June 6 day of protest
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France plans major police presence for June 6 day of protest

PARIS: French authorities plan to deploy 11,000 police, including 4,000 in Paris, on Tuesday, when unions have called a nationwide day of protests against President…

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Macron to award top US general France's highest honours
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Macron to award top US general France’s highest honours

PARIS: United States Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honour on Friday for his role in coordinating support for…

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Macron to award top US general France's highest honours
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Macron to award top US general France’s highest honours

PARIS: United States Joint Chiefs chairman General Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honour on Friday for his role in coordinating support for…

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Nato: Macron: Putin revived ‘brain-dead’ Nato with invasion
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Nato: Macron: Putin revived ‘brain-dead’ Nato with invasion

PARIS: Emmanuel Macron said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reawakened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization almost four years after the French president branded the military…

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