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by Adam Plowright © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — At Emmanuel Macron’s election party Sunday in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, the atmosphere was restrained, the victory speech short and most people felt relief, rather than a desire to celebrate wildly. After a campaign shadowed by the war in Ukraine and with far-right leader Marine Le Pen achieving a historic high score, few seemed in the mood to revel in the French leader’s […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Police in central Paris opened fire on a car that was hurtling towards them, killing two people inside, a police source told AFP on the evening of the French election. The vehicle was driving against the flow of traffic on the Pont Neuf when it sped towards the officers, who opened fire, according to the same police source. Two of the vehicle’s occupants were killed and a third was injured, […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine has invited Russia to talks near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are holding out in a city largely under Moscow’s control, Kyiv said Sunday. Talks near the sprawling steel works would provide a dramatic and symbolic backdrop because the site is the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the strategic port. “We invited Russians to hold a special round of talks on the spot […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Western leaders rushed to congratulate France’s centrist President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections Sunday. Here are some of the main reactions: – European Union – “We can count on France for five more years,” European Council President Charles Michel wrote on Twitter. “I am delighted to be able to continue our excellent cooperation,” tweeted European Commission President Ursula von der […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS and Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept out of power. Centrist Macron was set to win around 58 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with Le Pen on 42 percent, according to projections by polling firms […]
by Clara WRIGHT Agence France Presse Nanterre, France (AFP) — French authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway, prosecutors told AFP on Friday. The warrant was issued on Thursday over 15 million euros ($16.3 million) in suspect payments between the Renault-Nissan alliance that Ghosn once headed and an Omani company, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA), […]
by Joris Fioriti, with Joshua Melvin in Kyiv Agence France Presse ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AFP) — The devastated city of Mariupol “continues to resist” despite Russian claims to have captured it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday as he welcomed fresh US aid to help confront Moscow’s eastern offensive. Russia says it has “liberated” the city, with just a few thousand Ukrainian soldiers left in the Azovstal plant complex, where thousands more civilians are also […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of planning to “falsify” an independence referendum in the partly occupied southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In a video message Thursday evening, Zelensky urged residents of areas under occupation to not provide any personal information, like their passport numbers, to the Russian forces. “This is not to help you… This is aimed to falsify the so-called referendum on your land, if an order […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Thursday slapped travel bans on US Vice President Kamala Harris, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of prominent Americans and Canadians in retaliation for sanctions imposed over Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry said the travel restrictions on 29 Americans and 61 Canadians — which also includes defense officials, business leaders and journalists from both countries — would remain in effect indefinitely. The foreign ministry said the list was […]
by Sam KINGSLEY Agence France Presse HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Finland’s parliament on Wednesday opened a debate on whether to seek NATO membership, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and public support for joining the military alliance. Despite Russia warning of a nuclear build-up in the Baltic should Finland and neighbouring Sweden join the military alliance, Finland’s prime minister said that her country now needed to decide quickly on whether […]
by Joris Fioriti with Anatoly Stepanov in Kramatorsk © Agence France-Presse ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AFPZ) — Ukraine called Wednesday for urgent negotiations with Russia in Mariupol, which appeared close to falling after weeks of siege, as Vladimir Putin flexed his military muscle with the test launch of a new, nuclear capable ICBM. Washington downplayed the test of the intercontinental ballistic missile and said it had been notified in advance, but Putin said it would make […]
by Stuart Williams and Adam Plowright © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Wednesday clashed bitterly over relations with Russia and economic policy as they sought to sway undecided voters in a debate four days ahead of presidential elections. France faces a stark choice in Sunday’s second-round run-off between the centrist president Macron and the anti-immigration Le Pen, who will seek to become […]
