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Updated / Friday, 10 Jul 2020 16:09 Businesses were shut for two months due to the coronavirus The Paris prosecutor's office has said it is investigating "massive fraud" across France by people falsely claiming temporary wage assistance for employees laid off during the coronavirus lockdown. As the crisis hit, the…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to annex occupied territory in the West Bank, warning that it would violate international law and threaten long-term peace efforts.The two leaders spoke by phone Thursday, and Macron’s office said in a statement Friday that…

PARIS, France – The Paris Marathon has been moved further back to November 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced on Monday, July 5. The race had originally been rescheduled for October 18 from its traditional April date due to the virus outbreak.Last month, marathons in New York and Berlin set…

Business China's Huawei is not totally banned from France's next-generation 5G wireless market, but French operators using them will only get limited licences, the head of the national cybersecurity agency said. (AFP/David Becker) 06 Jul 2020 06:08AM(Updated: 06 Jul 2020 06:10AM) PARIS: China's Huawei is not totally banned from France's next-generation…

PARIS, France – Edouard Philippe served President Emmanuel Macron for 3 years as a loyal and unshowy prime minister, but his rising popularity and refusal to join the ruling party put his future on the line. With the French government resigning on Friday, July 3, in the wake of disappointing local…

By Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis (AFP)     Jul 3, 2020 in World Algeria on Friday received the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during France's colonial occupation of the North African country, and which had been stored for decades in a Paris museum.The return of the…

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex as his new prime minister on Friday, seeking to refashion his presidency as France emerges from the coronavirus crisis.Here are some facts about the new low-profile prime minister:* Castex, 55, coordinated the easing of France's coronavirus lockdown, earning the nickname 'Monsieur…

PARIS, France – French appeals judges on Friday, July 3, threw out a bid to reopen an investigation into the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president which sparked a 100-day genocide that killed 800,000 people. While families of those who died when Juvenal Habyarimana's plane was shot down vowed to pursue ...Read…

PARIS (AP) — Air France and regional subsidiary Hop announced 7,500 job cuts Friday after the virus pandemic grounded most flights and darkened prospects for future air travel.Activists from multiple unions protested at Air France headquarters at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport as talks began Friday morning about future job…

PARIS (AP) - France announced Wednesday that it is suspending its involvement in a NATO naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea after a standoff with a Turkish warship, amid growing tensions within the military alliance over the conflict in Libya. France’s Defense Ministry said that the government sent a letter…