Reporters Without Borders: 65 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2017
PARIS Dec 19 (TNS): Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...
Closures of organizations will harm ordinary Pakistanis: Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK Dec 16 (TNS): The Pakistani government’s decision to shut down at least 10 organizations without providing valid reasons violates rights to freedom...
Nobel prize winner’s book turned down by 19 publishers
PARIS Dec 14 (TNS): The French writer Claude Simon, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1985, would not be published today, according...
France criticizes US decision to call Jerusalem Israel’s capital
Urges the Israeli leader to negotiate with the Palestinians to pave the way for the establishment of two states living side by side in...
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,...
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...
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...
