Two army helicopters crash in southern France; 5 killed
PARIS Feb 02 (TNS): Two army helicopters have crashed in southern France, killing at least five people, French media report.
The crash happened at Carcès...
RSF demands release of IOK photojournalist
Paris, February 21 (TNS): The Paris-based international media advocacy group, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) has demanded immediate release of illegally detained Kashmiri photojournalist, Kamran...
French President says Rohingya crisis in Myanmar is ‘genocide’
PARIS Sept 21 (TNS): French President Emmanuel Macron says attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority amounted to “genocide”.
France will work with other members of the...
Emissions from diesel cars kill 5,000 people in Europe per year
PARIS Sep 18 (TNS): Emissions from diesel cars rigged to appear eco-friendly may be responsible for 5,000 air pollution deaths per year in Europe...
France’s most celebrated chef Paul Bocuse passes away
Paris, Jan. 20 (TNS): France's most-celebrated chef Paul Bocuse died at the age of 91, after suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years, French...
Paris braces for floods as swollen Seine inches higher
PARIS Jan 27 (TNS): Paris was on high alert Saturday as the swollen Seine continued to creep higher, with forecasters warning the river could...
Calais migrants: Five shot in mass brawl
PARIS Feb 02 (TNS): In France, five migrants were shot and injured when a mass brawl between Afghans and Eritreans in the port city...
In first major foreign policy speech, France’s president Emmanuel Macron says: Some have chosen...
PARIS Aug 30 (TNS): France’s youngest-ever president Emmanuel Macron, who took power in May on a promise to boost France’s international standing, said he...
To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists
PARIS Dec 08 (TNS): The development of oil, gas, and coal energy must stop in order to avoid the worst ravages of global warming,...
Paris officials investigate suspected attack on Jewish schoolboy
Paris, Feb. 1 (TNS): An eight-year-old boy wearing a Jewish skullcap, or kippa, has been attacked in a suburb of the French capital, Paris,...
