'Brad Pitt' cons woman of Rs 7 crore, asks her to pay for 'cancer treatment' amidst his divorce battle with Angelina JolieBrad Pitt dating scam: Anne, a French woman, was scammed out of over €800,000 by someone posing as Brad Pitt. The scam involved AI-generate...
14 Jan, 2025, 09.49 PM IST
Two dead, hundreds injured as riots sweep New CaledoniaTwo people were killed and hundreds injured in New Caledonia during a second night of rioting, as anger over constitutional reforms from Pa...
15 May, 2024, 01.58 PM IST
ECB rate cut likely in 'spring': French central bank chiefFrancois Villeroy de Galhau and other ECB governing council members plan to cut interest rates in spring to meet the inflation target and s...
08 Mar, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Alibaba cancels cloud service spinoff over US chip restrictionsAlibaba's change of course follows a series of decisions by Washington to bar the export to China of powerful chips, including those from C...
17 Nov, 2023, 12.48 PM IST
Pooch troubles for US President Joe Biden: Pet Commander accused of biting secret service agents at White HouseUS President Joe Biden's dog Commander has been involved in at least ten incidents of biting people, including White House staff. First Lad...
26 Jul, 2023, 09.55 AM IST
Larger than life: Emmanuel Macron downs a beer to cheers, and criticismMacron is a keen sports fan and is well known for his locker-room visits to French sports teams. A recent video on social media shows the p...
19 Jun, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Is Musk's DeSantis show a winning ticket for Twitter?DeSantis is considered a credible challenger to seizing the Republican nomination from frontrunner Donald Trump in the 2024 election, and h...
25 May, 2023, 01.21 AM IST
Elon Musk to attend business conference in France and meet MacronMusk will also visit the sixth edition of the annual "Choose France" summit in Versailles, aimed at promoting France's attractiveness for i...
15 May, 2023, 12.32 PM IST
Bargaining over global tax enters key stageThe Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies approved a proposal to impose a minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent earlier this ...
27 Jun, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Cashing in on bitcoins: French government to pocket $30 mn from first-ever cryptocurrency auctionThe sale attracted nearly 1,600 bidders.
19 Mar, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Paris may face new lockdown as ICUs fill up"If we have to lock down, we will do it," the head of the national health agency, Jerome Salomon, said on BFM television Sunday. "The situa...
14 Mar, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Facebook, Apple chiefs unleash barbs as App Store feud heats upThe suit accuses Apple of abusing control of its App Store by requiring outside app developers, such as Facebook, to abide by rules not app...
29 Jan, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
France accuses Apple of refusing help with "StopCovid" appApple's iPhones normally block access to Bluetooth unless the user is actively running an app. French officials want Apple to change the se...
05 May, 2020, 08.49 PM IST
'American magic' will spur US economic recovery: Warren BuffettThe 89-year-old made the sanguine prediction about the world's largest economy as his holding company Berkshire Hathaway reported first-qua...
03 May, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
ECB officials defend stimulus as move needed to arrest slowdownThe bank’s package of measures received a tepid response from investors and economists.
09 Mar, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
Peugeot chief keeps door open to partnershipsCarlos Tavares was asked on BFM Business radio whether scale was a problem and whether the company could continue to develop from such a sm...
01 Oct, 2014, 01.32 PM IST
- BNP weighing bid for crisis-hit Societe Generale
French bank BNP Paribas revealed on Thursday it was weighing a bid for stricken national rival Societe Generale, a move that would find pol...
01 Feb, 2008, 04.48 AM IST