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PARIS (Reuters) - French wine and spirits trade body FEVS called on President Emmanuel Macron to protect it against a U.S. government threat to impose tariffs of up to 100% on a range of French products including sparkling wines such as Champagne. The taxes…

PARIS (Reuters) - New tariff threats by the United States on certain French products are bad for the global economy, and France is counting upon the solidarity of its European partners as it looks to challenge the move, the French finance minister said. “We…

PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in leading French luxury companies fell on Tuesday after the United States issued a new set of tariff threats on French products. On Monday, the U.S. government said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion of impor…

Key point: France had been preparing for the last war, while Germany moved ahead. In May 1940, the German Wehrmacht launched a lightning attack into France and within weeks destroyed the combined French and British armies. The rapid defeat is typically ascri…

At around 3 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2015 essentially the very last minute U.N. negotiators added a critical element to the historic Paris climate accords, the agreement aimed to dramatically reduce civilization's emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. This la…

PARIS (AP) The French government summoned the Turkish ambassador Friday to seek explanations after his president described French President Emmanuel Macron as brain dead. Ahead of a NATO summit next week that both men will attend, tensions have mounted aroun…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Activists formed a human chain, lay on hay bales and dumped old fridges and microwaves outside an Amazon depot Dozens of French activists have blocked an entrance to an Amazon warehouse south of Paris to protest aga…

Up to a hundred French climate change activists are taking part in protests targeting the environmental damage caused by Black Friday, reports The Straits Times. The protestors are specifically targeting an Amazon distribution center in Bretigny-sur-Orge, Fra…

Paris (AFP) - A convicted French serial killer has been charged with the abduction and murder of a nine-year-old girl who disappeared in 2003, in the latest twist in a case that has gripped France. Michel Fourniret, jailed for life in May 2008 for the murder…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies are closing in on a deal to contribute more to allied running costs to reduce the United States’ share of funding, three diplomats familiar with the matter said. Agreement would meet a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump, …