Systemic problems in infrastructure and the worst drought seen since 1997 have combined to create a dire shortage of running water on the island of… Read More »Mayotte: Drought and water cuts bring misery to French island
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday contradicted a remark by his prime minister that the far-right party of Marine Le Pen were the heirs of… Read More »Fight with policy, not ‘morality’: Macron balks at equating French far right to WWII collaborators
There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic… Read More »Paris Olympics torch relay ahead of 2024 Games will involve 10,000 runners
The European Union levied new sanctions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guards last week over a brutal crackdown on protesters. But some experts question the effectiveness of… Read More »How new EU sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards could backfire
People are hoping to stockpile petrol over fears of a major price increase amid high inflation.
Serbian world No. 3 Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy at the French Open on Monday, after writing a message about Kosovo on… Read More »Djokovic courts controversy with political message about Kosovo at French Open
France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated… Read More »France to open first electric car battery factory in ‘reindustrialisation’ push
Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal’s main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital days before… Read More »Police fire tear gas, protesters burn cars near home of Senegal’s main opposition leader
This year’s Marc Vivien-Foé Prize for the best African Ligue 1 player of the season was awarded to Olympique de Marseille’s Congolese defender Chancel Mbemba.… Read More »DR Congo’s Chancel Mbemba wins FRANCE 24-RFI award for best African player in Ligue 1
With no Frenchmen seeded in singles at Roland Garros this year, the home country is unlikely to see its first male champion since Yannick Noah’s… Read More »Forty years after Noah’s triumph, French tennis seeks path to Grand Slam glory
