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France's top rugby union players on Monday turned their focus towards Scotland after beating Italy 33-8 to maintain their quest for a clean sweep of victories - the Grand Slam - in the 2026 Six Nations.

Activists hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles, in Paris’ Louvre museum Sunday. The photo showed the former Prince Andrew shortly after his arrest last week for suspicion of misconduct in public office, related to his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The European Commission has urged Washington to stick to the terms of last year’s EU-US trade agreement, after US President Donald Trump unveiled fresh global tariff hikes that have rattled markets and raised fresh legal questions.

This eight-part podcast series examines the Paris Agreement ten years on, featuring global climate leaders discussing progress, challenges, and the dramatic shift in power towards emerging economies. The series explores how multilateral cooperation has evolved despite geopolitical fractures, from industrial transformation and innovative financing to the changing rules of climate…

The Olympic flag has been officially passed to France, which will host the next Winter Games in 2030 in the French Alps. Some 1,500 athletes filed into the arena for the closing ceremony that paid tribute to Italian dance and music

Landmines could soon return to Polish soil, following Warsaw's decision to pull out of an international treaty banning their production and use. The government says the move is needed to strengthen Poland's borders with Russia and Belarus.

France has had its most successful Winter Olympics yet, bringing home a record 23 medals from the 2026 Games in northern Italy. While French athletes have never topped the table overall, they have provided some of the most striking moments in the history of an event that was born in…

Ethiopia and Eritrea say they are preparing for the possibility of war, with landlocked Ethiopia's claim it needs access to the Red Sea seen as a provocation by Eritrea. As tensions build, violence is escalating on their shared border in the Tigray region.

From May this year, all university students in France will be eligible for a hot meal costing just €1 in state-run university canteens, but students and aid organisations warn that subsidised meals address only one facet of the much broader crisis they’re facing.

France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest comments by the Trump administration over the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, the foreign affairs minister said.

Somaliland is willing to give the United States access to its minerals and military bases, the minister of the presidency has said, as the breakaway region of Somalia pushes for global recognition.