A French judge has been appointed to investigate the controversial $1 billion sale of Rafale fighter jets to India in 2016 over “corruption allegations,” the national financial prosecutor’s office (PNF) said Friday. The 7.8 billion euro ($9.3 billion) contract for 36 aircraft between the Indian
A scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty, depicting the journey her older sister made more than a century ago between France and the US, was installed Thursday on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. The 9.3 feet (2.8 meters) replica began its journey from
French police on Friday released the 30-year-old woman who caused a massive pileup during the first day of the Tour de France last weekend. She will have to stand trial in October. The woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested on Wednesday and
Emmanuel Macron has warned of the dangers of the American “woke” culture and said the debate in France is increasingly divided by race. The French president said racial and identity politics threaten to destroy the foundations of French society. “I see that our society is
Belgium on Thursday transferred suspect Mohamed Abrini to France, where he will stand trial in September as one of 14 people accused of involvement in the 2015 Paris attacks, sources close to the case said. Abrini, known from a video as “the man in the
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced Tuesday an investment plan of 400 million euros ($476 million) a year to boost “end-to-end” research and development of next-generation vaccines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and develop at least six candidate vaccines by 2025. Sanofi said in a
The Tour de France has withdrawn its complaint against a spectator who caused a spectacular pileup on the first day of the race, Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme said on Thursday. The woman was arrested on Wednesday at the police station in Landerneau in
France warned Russia on Thursday that if humanitarian aid is allowed only across the internal Syrian conflict line and not from neighbouring countries, Western countries that provide almost all the funding will stop delivering it. French UN Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière, who chairs the Security
France and Mexico signed a cooperation agreement on Thursday to combat the illegal trade in cultural goods. Mexico’s foreign minister described the agreement as an important step towards restoring and protecting Mexico’s cultural heritage. They did not immediately disclose details of the agreement. The agreement
France’s highest administrative court on Thursday ordered the government to take immediate action on climate change, in order to comply with a call to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or face fines. Last November, the Conseil d’État, which acts as legal adviser to the executive and