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France to start covering cost of weight-loss drugs for obese patients

France's public health system will soon start to cover most of the cost of weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro for severely obese patients.

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Hungary strikes down another Orban policy with vote to stay in ICC

Hungary's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to cancel the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), as its new pro-EU government dismantles key policies introduced under longtime nationalist leader Viktor Orban.

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EU member states sign off on compromise to implement US trade pact

The European Union's 27 member states have formally approved a compromise with the European Parliament in order to implement a trade deal with the United States.

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France votes unanimously to abolish Code Noir, a colonial-era slavery law

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies that was never formally repealed even after the abolition of slavery in 1848. The vote reopened a debate around reparations in a country that has yet to fully come to terms…

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Norway to join France's nuclear umbrella as Europe rethinks defence

Norway will come under France’s nuclear deterrence programme, according to the leaders of both countries, reflecting a growing concern in Europe about relying on the United States for security.

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France bets on 'desirable' electric future, thanks to major private funding

French President Emmanuel Macron has signed a pact with hundreds of companies as part of an ambitious drive to double the share of domestically-produced electricity in France's energy mix by 2030, from 30 to 60 percent.

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Temperatures likely to remain at record levels until 2030, UN warns

Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned Thursday.

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Last hurrah: 1. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo will play for Portugal in a record sixth World Cup at the age of 41. In the first of a series on players at their final World Cup, RFI looks at the striker who holds the international records for goals and appearances.

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DRC faces 'catastrophic collision' of conflict and Ebola outbreak, WHO warns

The World Health Organization chief warned on Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak, and urged an immediate ceasefire.

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Luxury French retailer Galeries Lafayette shuts Beijing flagship store

France’s iconic Galeries Lafayette closed its flagship Beijing department store on Wednesday after 13 years in the Chinese capital – citing weaker spending, changing shopping habits and a slowdown in the luxury sector. Its stores in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Macau will remain open.

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Meta accused of restricting sexual health and queer Instagram accounts

Instagram accounts linked to reproductive rights, sexual health and LGBTQIA+ groups have been disabled or restricted, organisations affected by the measures say.

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At the Africa Forward summit, a different conversation about France

France came to Nairobi last week with a message it has been trying to land for years: that it wants to be Africa's partner, not its patron. At the Africa Forward summit in May, Emmanuel Macron made that case again. Not everyone was convinced.

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Solar investment surges as Ghana races to hit renewable targets

Ghana's renewable energy capacity stands at around 280 megawatts, roughly 5 percent of the national energy mix. The government wants 7 percent by 2027. Getting there will require all the resources the country can mobilise: legislation, public investment and private capital.

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon slows to lowest level in six years

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every second in the world’s largest rainforest.

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How Europe’s rapid warming has fuelled a record May heatwave

Europe is bracing for more extreme heat after record May temperatures swept across Britain, Ireland and France this week – with scientists saying a “heat dome” over western Europe is combining with human-driven climate change, shifting weather patterns and rapid Arctic warming to intensify heat across the world’s fastest-warming continent.

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Libya appeal case enters final stretch, with Sarkozy’s legacy on the line

Nicolas Sarkozy has been many things in French public life: president, campaigner, political disruptor and, in the long-running Libya financing affair, central defendant. How that case concludes will determine which role he is best remembered for.

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Former Lafarge cement chiefs released pending Syria terrorism financing appeal

The former CEO of French cement firm Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, and his right-hand man at the company Christian Herrault are to be released from prison under judicial supervision, pending their appeal over convictions handed down in April for financing terrorism in Syria.

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Ousted PM Sonko returns to centre stage as Senegal's parliamentary speaker

Senegal’s National Assembly has elected ousted prime minister Ousmane Sonko as its speaker, handing the firebrand politician a powerful new platform just days after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed him from government.

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Attal hardens migration line, with Macron camp split over 2027 presidential race

Renaissance leader Gabriel Attal has put immigration at the heart of his newly launched presidential campaign, calling for France to admit fewer people while giving priority to those coming to work.

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Spotlight on Africa: Global jihadism's growing grip on Africa

As attacks from jihadist groups allied to Tuaregs continue in Mali, global jihadism threatens Africa like no other region on earth, according to ACLED's latest report. With the organisation's expert on West Africa, Spotlight on Africa explores how jihadist groups are expanding across the continent, controlling territory, targeting civilians and…

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Iran switches World Cup base camp to Mexico, as Washington closes door on squad

Iran's base camp for the 2026 World Cup was on Tuesday switched from the United States to Mexico, after US authorities refused to host the squad for the tournament, which starts on 11 June in Mexico City.

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Heatwave deaths in France as record May temperatures grip Europe

France is on the frontline of an exceptional early summer heatwave, with authorities reporting seven deaths – including five drownings – as a “heat dome” is pushing temperatures far above seasonal norms across much of Europe.

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UK prepares mine-sweeper for Hormuz as part of wider Franco-British coalition

The United Kingdom is preparing a mine-sweeping mission to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as part of a wider Franco-British coalition that would move in once a peace deal ends the Iran war and commercial shipping returns.

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Pope Leo takes on Silicon Valley in landmark open letter on AI

Pope Leo has urged governments to slow down the development of artificial intelligence in his first major document on the technology. He warned that AI systems spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war.

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France's missing children are getting younger, as numbers rise again

The number of reports of missing children in France is on the rise, reversing a downward trend of recent years, according to a report released on Monday which also reveals the children involved are getting younger.

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