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A special pass will be needed to circulate in some areas of Paris during the Olympics this summer. As online applications for the necessary QR code opened Monday, we look at who needs them, when, and the areas affected.

Security using artificial intelligence is being deployed at the Cannes Film Festival in a test for potential applications at the Paris Olympics two months later.

Chadian opposition leader Succès Masra has filed a legal challenge to the results of the 6 May election in which officials declared he came in second, behind junta leader and interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.

South Africa will vote on 29 May – three decades after the end of apartheid. The African National Congress has been in power since then, but polls are predicting the party will lose its majority with many voters disgruntled by its failure to address inequality.

After landing in Marseille and being carried down the Cote d’Azur and Provence this weekend, the Olympic torch is going through the Aveyron and Herault departments Monday, surrounded by security that the Interior Minister says has already shut down two dozen “actions” that would have disrupted the flame's journey towards…

Researchers from NASA are exploring futuristic concepts including the use of fungi as building materials for future habitats on the Moon and bacteria for detoxifying water on Mars.

The day before the opening of the Cannes film festival, some 7,000 French actors called on streaming platforms for a more fair distribution of profits.

France rolls out the red carpet to some 180 business leaders on Monday at the annual international business summit aimed at wooing foreign investors. Buoyed up by recent data showing France remains the most attractive country in Europe, the presidency has promised record investments, though there is growing competition from…

For this particular Paris Saint-Germain striker, it wasn't about the goals – because there have been masses – but the send-off on Sunday night.

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic suffered a setback to the preparations for the defence of his French Open title on Sunday when he lost in straight sets in the third round to the 29th seed Alejandro Tabilo at the Italian Open in Rome.

Fake videos of trusted aides of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have disrupted campaigning in the country's mammoth elections, in which almost a billion people are voting.