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[ad_1] PARIS: Paris could offer Corsica “autonomy” to calm tensions between the Mediterranean island’s fierce independence movement and the French state that have flared this month, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of a visit Wednesday. “We are ready to go as far as autonomy. There you go, the word …

[ad_1] BUDAPEST: The European Union will not impose sanctions on Russian gas or oil, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video posted on his Facebook page on Friday, amid a summit of EU leaders in France. “The most important issue for us has been settled in a favourable …

[ad_1] STRASBOURG (FRANCE): The European Parliament on Thursday created a “committee of inquiry” to probe accusations over the use of Pegasus spyware by governments in the bloc, notably in Hungary and Poland. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to “investigate alleged breaches of EU law in the use of the surveillance software by, …

[ad_1] SAINT-LEONARD-DE-NOBLAT, France: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned what he called a “military coup” in Burkina Faso, a day after soldiers said they had seized power in the West African country. Macron said that France was “clearly, as always” in agreement with the Economic Community of West African …

[ad_1] PARIS: French politician Stephane Claireaux, who is a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling La Republique En Marche party, said on Monday that he had been attacked over the weekend by protesters demonstrating against France’s Covid health pass. The attack on Claireaux, which occurred on Sunday, comes amid public …

[ad_1] The WHO said a variant found in France hasn’t become much of a threat since it was first identified in November. The variant “has been on our radar,” Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on Covid, said on Tuesday. “That virus had a lot of chances to pick up.” …

[ad_1] Amid the lingering fear of the third wave of coronavirus due to the rising cases of Omicron variant, a new strain of COVID-19 has been detected in France. French researchers on Tuesday reported a new Covid variant, probably of Cameroonian origin. They have temporarily named it ‘IHU’. The new …

[ad_1] PARIS: French researchers have detected a new Covid variant, probably of Cameroonian origin, and have temporarily named it as ‘IHU’. The new variant from the lineage named B.1.640.2 is believed to have infected 12 people in the country, according to a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study supported by the French Government. …

[ad_1] PARIS: French authorities took down a temporary installation of the EU flag from the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris on Sunday, after rightwing opponents of President Macron accused him of “erasing” French identity. The t blue flag was raised in place of a French flag on New Year’s …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: The permanent member nations of the United States Security Council has called for the further prevention of nuclear weapons stressing that a nuclear war will have far-reaching consequences, cannot be won, and must never be fought. “China, France, Russia, the UK, the UK, and the US consider …