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French President Macron takes own path, seeks dialogue with Russia

There's still room for diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. At least that's the conviction of French President Emmanuel Macron, who continues to push for dialogue with Russia

France reports new daily record of over 500,000 Covid-19 cases

The vaccine pass came into effect in France on Monday, and is now mandatory for people over the age of 16 years to enter public venues

Apple to no longer include EarPods with iPhones sold in France

Apple will no longer include EarPods with every iPhone sold in France.

France to ease Covid-19 restrictions in February, says PM Jean Castex

French pm Jean Castex announced the government will proceed to ease certain Covid-19 related restrictions in February.

Japan, France seek to deepen security ties amid China's rise

Japan is particularly concerned about Chinese military activity in waters surrounding the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which Beijing also claims and calls Diaoyu, in the East China Sea

France's Emmanuel Macron calls for EU plan to ease Russia tensions

French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday on the European Union to quickly draw up a new security plan containing proposals to help ease tensions with Russia

No vaccine? No cafe, says new French new law passed to contain Covid surge

France's parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues

Suspect in 2012 France family slaying freed without charges: Report

Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France

Macron meets von der Leyen as France kicks off EU Council Presidency

President Emmanuel Macron met here on Friday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as France took over the rotating six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

France takes EU reins with push for more sovereignty

French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to a pair of leading European figures Friday as France formally took the reins of the 27-nation bloc for the next six months with big ambitions

New Covid-19 variant detected in France not a threat yet, says WHO

The new Covid-19 variant called B.1.640 has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization (WHO) said

French parliament approves latest Covid vaccine measures amid rising cases

The legislation for the Covid vaccine pass was approved by 214 members of parliament, versus 93 who voted against it, while there were 27 abstentions

Google, Facebook face $235 mn fine in France over cookie tracking

Google and Facebook are facing a combined $235 million fine for cookie tracking in France, the media reported.

France allows some coronavirus-infected medics to keep working

France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate

With Covid-19 on the job: France allows infected medics to work

There are increasing signs that the new variant causes less severe disease

France sees record 271,000 Covid cases in a day as Omicron infections surge

France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country

France's cumulative number of Covid-19 cases tops 10 million mark

The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in France on Saturday surpassed the 10 million mark, with 2,19,126 new cases detected in the past 24 hours.According to the French government and the Public Health Agency, France has registered a total of 10,191,926 infections with coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic in the country.It is the fourth consecutive day that France reported a daily count of over 2,00,000 COVID-19 cases.The agency said that 18,811 patients were now being hospitalized with 3,560 in intensive care units.French Health Ministry announced that almost 53 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine by Saturday, which is about 78.5 per cent of the country's population.Almost 25 million have got their booster shots, the ministry added.Starting from Monday, wearing face masks in certain public areas from the age of six will be mandatory, according to the government's new measures.With school starting next Monday, the government has asked schools to ...

Coronavirus pandemic: France logs record number of new cases

France has vaccinated 77 per cent of its population and is rushing out booster shots

France hit by 'dizzying' daily record of over 200,000 new Covid cases

France has been breaking Covid records repeatedly over the past few days

Europe faces massive Covid-19 surge, France records nearly 180k new cases

The number of COVID infections has surged to a new level in Europe as France has logged a record of nearly 1,80,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.