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12/18/2021 5:49:08 PM
Paris on Saturday said it was cancelling its traditional New Year fireworks as Europe braced for tighter curbs to rein in the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus fuelling a resurgence in Covid-19 cases worldwide.
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12/18/2021 4:53:58 PM
The new corona mutant "Omicron" prompted European governments to announce new restrictions to combat its spread.
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12/18/2021 11:30:53 AM
French boats have rescued 138 migrants stranded in the Channel as they tried to reach Britain from France on makeshift vessels, authorities said on Friday.
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12/17/2021 2:26:15 PM
Western allies on Thursday rejected Russia's bid to thwart Kiev's NATO ambitions and urged Moscow to halt its military build-up along Ukraine's border and return to talks led by France and Germany.
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12/16/2021 6:42:30 PM
France said Thursday that it would ban non-essential travel to and from Britain in a bid to keep the Omicron Covid-19 variant in check, as European leaders urged coordinated action and more booster shots to counter the more highly contagious threat.
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12/16/2021 2:51:25 PM
The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal.
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12/16/2021 9:44:50 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron said he made France's economy stronger and sought to show he is not out-of-touch with French ordinary people in a long interview Wednesday night on national television, which appears as a bid to boost his popularity ahead of April's presidential election.
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12/14/2021 3:11:04 PM
France's interior minister said on Tuesday he had launched a procedure to close a mosque for up to six months because of the radical nature of its imam's preaching.
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12/14/2021 12:34:15 PM
Russia said Tuesday it was monitoring a French warship near its borders in the Black Sea, as tension soars between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.
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12/12/2021 4:06:42 PM
Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched around the South Pacific.
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12/12/2021 2:30:04 PM
Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched around the South Pacific.
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12/12/2021 12:27:22 PM
Fishermen in northern France have threatened to disrupt British imports in a bid to increase pressure on London to grant them more licences for UK waters.
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12/11/2021 10:47:29 PM
The Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted Sunday in a third and final referendum on independence from France with campaigning marked by angry demands to call off the vote because of the Covid pandemic.
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12/11/2021 10:16:15 PM
Britain has granted another 23 licences to French fishermen, a government spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after a deadline set by Paris to resolve a post-Brexit battle over fishing rights.
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12/11/2021 7:39:30 PM
The French conservative party's candidate for next year's presidential election promised to make France Europe's strongest power and stop "uncontrolled immigration" in her first major campaign speech on Saturday.
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12/11/2021 6:00:34 PM
French health authorities have approved the use of an anti-body treatment made by AstraZeneca for high-risk people who show resistance to vaccines against coronavirus.
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12/11/2021 4:39:51 PM
Authorities in France want to accelerate vaccinations against the coronavirus before Christmas as infections surge and more people with COVID-19 seek medical attention.
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12/11/2021 2:25:29 PM
Greece will honour a deal to buy three frigates from France, Paris and a source in the Greek defence ministry said Saturday, after a competing offer from the US threatened to overturn the contract.
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12/10/2021 6:45:39 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron hailed Friday a "convergence of views" with the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during their first meeting as leaders in Paris.
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12/9/2021 10:51:09 PM
France's top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian called for an easing of tensions with Algeria, during a surprise visit to Algiers after repeated crises between the North African country and its former colonial power.
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