Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony GENEVA (Reuters) – France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return…
France raises terror alert warning to highest level
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest level following the shootings on Moscow, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday after a meeting with…
France charters evacuation flights from Haiti
PARIS (Reuters) – France is organising government-chartered flights from Haiti to help its nationals seeking to leave the Caribbean country, which has been gripped by gang violence, the French foreign ministry said…
France to impose travel bans on violent Israeli settlers
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -France will ban 28 Israeli settlers from entering the country, accusing them of attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “These…
France says EU Commission to end trade deal talks with Mercosur countries
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has told the European Commission that it was impossible to conclude trade deal negotiations with South America’s Mercosur bloc and understands the EU has put…
Stellantis to cut 600 jobs in eastern France – spokesperson
PARIS (Reuters) – Stellantis will cut 600 jobs at its Mulhouse plant in eastern France, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding the move would concern workers on time contracts while those…
Societe Generale plans job cuts in France to trim costs- Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Societe Generale is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs in its home market as part of Chief Executive Officer Slawomir Krupa’s effort to rein in costs, Bloomberg News reported on…
France could face nationwide farmer protests as anger mounts
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s largest farm union FNSEA is considering nationwide protests in the coming weeks, a spokesperson said on Friday, potentially expanding action by farmers in the southwest who have blocked…
Qatar, France broker deal to get aid, medication to civilians, hostages in Gaza
PARIS (Reuters) -Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in…
Enbridge eyes France for offshore wind investments and will avoid US
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuters) – Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is keen on further offshore wind investments in France, but will avoid the United States, where cost and supply chain problems…
Renault banks on new models, Megane price cut to fight off Tesla in France
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault is banking on new models and a price cut for its Megane model to help in its battle against U.S. rival Tesla Inc on its…
France, Germany, UK and US condemn Iran’s increase in uranium enrichment
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned an increase by Iran in the production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity,…
France prepared to change plans on 2024 Olympics opening based on security
PARIS (Reuters) – France is prepared to move the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony from the River Seine to another location should the security situation require it, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.…
Uber to raise minimum wage for drivers in France
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies will raise the minimum wage it pays drivers in France as part of a wider agreement between ride-hailing companies and driver representatives in the country, the company said…
France to review actor Depardieu’s Legion d’Honneur medal following allegations
PARIS (Reuters) – French actor Gerard Depardieu’s Legion d’Honneur medal is under review following a string of allegations about sexual aggression and a TV documentary in which he was heard making lewd…
France has found British boy missing since 2017
By Juliette Jabkhiro and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -A teenager from Britain who disappeared six years ago has been found in southern France, local authorities said on Thursday, fleeing a spiritualist mountain…
Seattle man convicted at trial of abusive sexual contact on Air France flight from Paris to Seattle
Seattle – A 35-year 0ld Seattle man was convicted late Friday December 8, 2023, of abusive sexual contact on a flight from Paris to Seattle, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.…
France to end contract with biggest Muslim high school amid fears of wider crackdown
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – France is to end funding for its biggest Muslim high school on the grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practices, a local official said on…
France, Germany agree on 90% of changes to EU fiscal rules -France
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France and Germany agree on most of the proposed changes to European Union fiscal rules but differ on the treatment of investment spending when the deficit…
Macron to unveil 2.1 billion eur Novo Nordisk pharma investment in France
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday inaugurate a 2.1 billion euro ($2.3 billion) investment by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in France, his office said, pitching it as…
Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman welcome in France, minister says
PARIS (Reuters) – Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is welcome in France, France’s digital minister said in a statement on X, a day after the board of the company behind ChatGPT fired…
France eyes cuts to business subsidies and healthcare spending
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government aims to rein in spending on business subsidies and medical care as part of plans to come up with 12 billion euros in savings from 2025, government…
Nestle France in talks to sell Caudry plant to Italpizza
PARIS (Reuters) – Nestle France, the French arm of Swiss packaged-food giant Nestle, has entered exclusive talks to sell its plant in Caudry, northern France, to Italian group Italpizza. The deal could…
France to make 10% threshold for non-EU investment scrutiny permanent
PARIS (Reuters) -France will tighten rules for non-EU investments in French companies by making a 10% threshold that triggers a government review permanent, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Reuters on Thursday.…
Debt-ridden retailer Casino Q3 sales down 5.3% as France weighs
PARIS (Reuters) – Debt-burdened retailer Casino said on Tuesday group sales fell 5.3% in the third quarter, as weakness in its core French market outpaced robust growth in Brazil. Consolidated group net…
EU, US could agree on critical minerals despite steel failure, says France
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States could reach a deal on critical minerals over the coming weeks or months despite their failure to agree an accord on…
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