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News in France
February 4th
About 1,000 Palestinians, some calling on premier Salam Fayyad to quit, marched in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday in protest at his austerity plans.In the largest protest to date against economic measures announced last month, demonstrators chan...
February 4th
Syrian security forces opened fire on funeral processions near Damascus on Saturday, killing 12 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said."Twelve people were killed and another 30 wounded when security forces fired on funerals in Daraya" of peo...
February 4th
The Vatican on Saturday fiercely refuted claims by one of its top officials of widespread corruption and waste in the management of the Holy See, rejecting the accusations as utterly groundless."The claims are the fruit of erroneous judgements, or based o...
February 4th
The resignations of seven Brazilian cabinet ministers over corruption charges since President Dilma Rousseff took office are the tip of an endemic problem which experts say hobbles the country's bid for great power status.National media and cinema routine...
February 4th
Australia's foreign minister launched a fierce broadside at Europe Saturday, saying the financial crisis has caused it to turn in on itself and warning it risked an "early grave" amid Asia's rise.Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Kevin Rudd warn...
February 4th
Energy giants ExxonMobil and OMV Petrom said Saturday they have found gas deposits in the Romanian part of the Black Sea continental shelf, a month after they began explorations in the area."The first deepwater well drilled by ExxonMobil and OMV Petrom in...
February 3rd
French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a visit to a social housing building site Thursday to highlight his work on this key election issue - but according to builders at the site, many of the ‘workers’ Sarkozy met on the tour had been bussed in.
February 3rd
Is it all over for Nicolas Sarkozy? His rivals are almost certain he is living his last weeks in the Elysée palace. Even some of his fellow conservatives have serious doubts. Only the president is convinced he can be like Bill Clinton - the comeback kid. ...
February 2nd
A French court has rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding 2009 fraud charges and a 600,000 euro fine for convincing members into spending tens of thousands of euros.
February 2nd
Presidential frontrunner François Hollande will visit the UK in February to seek votes from French expatriates, but London will be all ears after the Socialist candidate reportedly “declared war” on the financial district, the City.