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France rewards frontline Covid workers with citizenship

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Hundreds of foreigners in France whose jobs expose them to high Covid-19 risks will be naturalised…

French president Macron tests positive for Covid-19

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding…

France to get 1.16 million Covid vaccine doses by year end

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France will receive around 1.16 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by year end, Prime Minister Jean Castex…

World urged to move on ‘climate emergency’ after pandemic

by Jitendra JOSHI and Patrick GALEY in Paris Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Nations on Saturday…

China’s Xi sends condolences over death of former French president

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping sent condolences on Friday over the death of former French president…

Viral trash: French Covid clean-up nets mounds of masks

by Guillaume Bonnet and Joseph Schmid Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — After two months of trekking across France, a…

France aiming to start Covid vaccinations in January

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- France said Tuesday it was preparing to kick off a nationwide Covid vaccination campaign in…

Several wounded in WWI memorial attack at Jeddah cemetery for non-Muslims: France

PARIS, France  (AFP) -- Several people were wounded Wednesday in a bomb attack at a World War I commemoration ceremony…

Vatican’s former France envoy on trial for sexual assault

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Pope Francis's former envoy to France, Luigi Ventura, goes on trial in Paris on Tuesday…

Brazilian woman among those killed in France church attack

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- One of the three victims of an extremist knife attack in a church in France Thursday…

Saudi ‘strongly condemns’ knife attack in France

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia "strongly condemned" deadly stabbings Thursday in the French city of Nice, which authorities…

France locks down, Germany closes down, as virus cases hit record

by Adam Plowright with Hui Min Neo in Berlin and AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- France announced a new…

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