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France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected a controversial pesticide bill that would have allowed the reintroduction of acetamiprid – a chemical banned since 2018 due to its harmful effects on pollinators, ecosystems and human health. The bill drew strong public opposition, including a petition that collected more than 2.1 million…

Paris Saint-Germain's stars as well as head coach Luis Enrique were listed on Thursday for prizes at next month's Ballon d'Or gala – world football's most prestigious awards ceremony.

French firefighters continue to battle the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead and burnt 17,000 hectares since Tuesday. It's the country's biggest blaze since 1949, according to the Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad allowed the Abou Latif family to realise their dream of returning to their homeland of Syria this summer. But they found themselves caught up in the fighting between Druze and jihadists in the city of Sweida. Wife and mother Amjaad returned to Paris with her…

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his government to tighten visa requirements for Algerian diplomats, as the diplomatic crisis over the deportation of Algerian nationals escalates.

Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday.

The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

Winners of the men's and women's singles championships at the US Open next month will receive a record $5 million in prize money, tennis chiefs in the United States confirmed on Thursday.

As sweeping new US tariffs take effect on Thursday, dozens of countries are facing sharp new duties on their exports. South Africa is among the hardest hit, with key goods now subject to a 30 percent tariff and up to 100,000 jobs on the line.

A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island.

France’s top court will rule on Thursday whether to approve a controversial law that could bring back a banned pesticide. More than two million people have signed a petition calling for the legislation to be scrapped, while doctors, scientists and environmental groups have raised serious health concerns.