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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has issued an advisory to Filipinos in France, including residents and those visiting the European country, to be extra cautious because of ongoing protests in the French capital over a planned fuel hike due to environmental taxes. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said Filipinos should avoid going to the Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Tuileries, Place Vendome, Avenue Friedland, Avenue Kléber, and other parts […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government fears “major violence” from protests planned for Saturday, the presidency told AFP after weeks of demonstrations over rising living costs blamed on the government of Emmanuel Macron. “We have reasons to fear major violence,” a source said Wednesday amid calls for fresh mobilization of the “yellow vest” movement countrywide this weekend. © Agence France-Presse
by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Christophe SCHMIDT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government on Wednesday urged parties across the political divide to calm the protests that have raged nationwide for more than two weeks, and signalled it was ready to make further concessions to avoid more violence. French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to rival political leaders as well as trade unions to help tamp down the anti-government anger that on Saturday led […]
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Tuesday new concessions to “yellow vest” protesters, saying planned increases in the price of fuel would be suspended for six months. “No tax merits putting the unity of the nation in danger,” Philippe said in a televised address, adding that the anger on the streets “originates from a profound injustice: of not being able to live with dignity from one’s work”. He added that any future protests should […]
by Fabien Zamora and Adam Plowright Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday surveyed the damage from a day of riots across Paris and led a crisis meeting that ended with a call for further talks with anti-government activists who have staged two weeks of protests. Macron met with the prime minister, interior minister and top security service officials to forge a response to the violence that left hundreds […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) — A spacecraft that cost nearly a billion dollars is on course to make a perilous landing Monday on Mars, if it can survive a high-speed approach and the scorching heat of entering the Red Planet’s atmosphere, a process NASA has nicknamed “six and a half minutes of terror.” “There is very little room for things to go wrong,” said Rob Grover, head of […]
by Richard CARTER / Anne BEADE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nissan board members appeared poised to oust disgraced tycoon Carlos Ghosn as chairman Thursday, after his spectacular arrest for financial misconduct stunned the car industry and the business world. Ghosn stands accused of under-reporting his income by millions of dollars and a host of other financial irregularities, in a stunning fall from grace for the once-revered titan of the auto sector. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that “allies owe each other respect,” after he was assailed on Twitter by US President Donald Trump after his visit to France for World War I commemorations. “I think he’s doing this for American politics,” Macron said in a televised interview on board France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea. “At every crucial moment in our history, we have been allies,” he said […]
by Estelle EMONET / Julie Pacorel Agence France Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — A sixth body was found Wednesday in the rubble of two dilapidated buildings that collapsed in the French city of Marseille, where furious residents have accused authorities of ignoring warnings about the state of housing for the poorest. As many as eight people are feared to have been killed when the buildings crumbled in a matter of seconds on Monday morning in […]
by Estelle EMONET / Julie Pacorel Agence France Presse MARSEILLES, France (AFP) — A sixth body was found Wednesday in the wreckage of two dilapidated buildings that collapsed in the French city of Marseille, where furious residents have accused authorities of ignoring warnings about the state of housing for the poorest. Officials have vowed to inspect all buildings in the southern city deemed “unsuitable” for habitation, two days after the apartment blocks collapsed in […]
by Francois BECKER / Estelle EMONET Agence France Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — French rescue workers were searching into the night Monday for possible victims under the wreckage of two dilapidated buildings that suddenly collapsed in the center of Marseille. Officials in the southern port city warned there were likely casualties after the two adjoining buildings collapsed around 9.00 am (0800 GMT), blocking the street with massive piles of rubble in a scene resembling the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The first Franco-Chinese satellite was launched into orbit on Monday to study ocean surface winds and waves around the clock, better predict cyclones and improve scientists’ understanding of climate change. A Long March 2C carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s Gobi Desert at 0043 GMT to enter orbit 520 kilometers (323 miles) above the Earth, according to China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and […]
