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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…

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, 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…

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…

PARIS (Reuters) - There’s nothing Jean-Remi Galinon enjoys more than bouncing along cobbled streets and showing off Paris to foreign tourists, usually Americans, in his most iconic of French vintage cars. A Citroen 2CV car of the Paris company 2CVParisTour.com is seen parked in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica of…

Employees of Nokia demonstrate during a strike called by unions in front of the Nokia Paris-Saclay campus in Nozay, near Paris, France, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred workers at French firm Alcatel-Lucent International on Tuesday protested against plans by parent company Nokia Oyj (NOKIA.HE) to cut…

Under CEO Ben Smith, who joined from Air Canada in 2018, Air France-KLM has sought to cut costs, improve French labor relations and overcome governance squabbles between France and the Netherlands, which each own close to 14% of the group.Now saddled with 10.4 billion euros in government bailout debt to…