Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student banPrincess Elisabeth of Belgium's studies at Harvard University are now uncertain after the Trump administration's decision to revoke the uni...
23 May, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest PM as Macron seeks reset: MediaFrench President Emmanuel Macron has appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister, aiming to improve hi...
09 Jan, 2024, 05.10 PM IST
French PM Elisabeth Borne resigns, Emmanuel Macron to name new governmentMacron fuelled speculation of a government reshuffle in December by promising a new political initiative, after 2023 was bookended by polit...
08 Jan, 2024, 10.51 PM IST
Stop using WhatsApp, get Paris-made alternative: French PM Elisabeth BorneIn a ministerial circular, Elisabeth Borne urged ministers and their top staff to deploy the Olvid app on phones and computers, her office ...
30 Nov, 2023, 09.29 AM IST
PM Modi holds 'fruitful' meetings with French counterpart, Senate President; discusses ways to bolster tiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Paris on a two-day trip for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and to attend French Na...
14 Jul, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
Grandmother of French teen shot dead by police officer pleads with rioters to stop the violenceThe violence appeared to be lessening. Still, the office of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 45,000 police officers would again be de...
03 Jul, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
France has a fifth night of rioting over teen's killing by police amid signs of subsiding violenceUnrest continues in France for a fifth consecutive night after the police killing of a teenager. Violent clashes between protesters, includ...
02 Jul, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
France deploys 45,000 police, armored vehicles amid riotsUnrest has flared nationwide, including in cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille as well as Paris where Nahel M., ...
01 Jul, 2023, 06.40 AM IST
France counts cost after rare earthquake hits westIn Laigne, "135 buildings were affected by the earthquake overall" and "170 people need to be relocated", said local fire service chief Did...
17 Jun, 2023, 08.07 PM IST
France hails 'hero with a backpack' who intervened in knife attack on very young childrenFrench media hailed Henri as "the hero with a backpack" Friday after he was shown in a video grappling with the assailant and charging afte...
09 Jun, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
France in 'close talks' over debt ratingFrance is in "very close talks" with debt rating agency Standard and Poor's, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday, after a downgrade ...
29 May, 2023, 01.15 AM IST
French PM delays immigration bill over lack of majorityBorne said she had failed to reach a deal so far with the conservative Les Republicains (LR) party on the immigration bill, which aims to s...
26 Apr, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
French govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote but faces more challengesObservers say Macron's failure to find enough support in parliament to put his pension proposals to a vote has already undermined his refor...
21 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
European shares rise with all eyes on German inflation dataInvestors were focussed on Germany's CPI data, due at 1300 GMT, that could offer more cues on if cost pressures in the euro zone have weake...
03 Jan, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
What next for Emmanuel Macron after election humbling?His allies, known together as "Ensemble" (Together), were finishing as the biggest party in parliament with 234 MPs so far according to a 9...
20 Jun, 2022, 08.05 AM IST
Elisabeth Borne appointed France's new prime ministerBorne, 61, succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation was expected after President Emmanuel Macron's reelection last month. Macron and Borne a...
16 May, 2022, 10.17 PM IST
France approves 1.7 GW of wind and solar power projectsAmong the 300 projects that were approved, 35 are onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 750 megawatts, while the rest are solar.
02 Apr, 2020, 01.22 PM IST