France

Tokyo shares up 1.4% as centrist Macron leads French presidential race

TOKYO,  Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's benchmark index jumped 1.4 percent on Monday as investors cheered news that pro-European Emmanuel Macron…

Macron, Le Pen set for French election run-off

by Adam Plowright and Joshua Melvin Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Pro-European Emmanuel Macron is set to face…

Early French vote turnout slightly higher than 2012: official

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Turnout in the first round of the French presidential election at 1000 GMT on Sunday was…

France votes in presidential nailbiter

by Guy Jackson Agence France Presse France began voting Sunday under heavy security in the first round of the most…

French policeman killed in Paris attack claimed by IS

by Adam Plowright, Katell Prigent and Joshua Melvin Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A known terror suspect shot dead a French…

One officer killed, one wounded in Champs Elysees shooting: police

PARIS, France (AFP) -- One police officer was killed and another wounded Thursday in a shooting on Paris's Champs Elysees,…

French candidates ‘warned of election attack plot’

(Agence France Presse) -- Photos of two men arrested Tuesday on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in France were…

France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to…

Trudeau says Canada ‘was born’ at French battle as he marks centenary

by Guy JACKSON Agence France Presse VIMY, France (AFP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country "was born…

Britain, France, US present UN draft resolution condemning Syria chemical attack

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Britain, France and the United States on Tuesday presented a draft resolution to the…

Microscopic molecular cars to race in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Microscopic molecular vehicles piloted by chemists and physicists will line up in the world's first nano-car…

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