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France's new Education Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera is on the defensive over her decision to send her children to private school. The row threatens to overshadow President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to reboot his second term with a reshuffle that's already seen as a sharp tilt to the right.

France is set to retain its status as the world's most preferred international destination in 2024, according to the latest data from the World Travel & Tourism Council.

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal is to invest up to 1.8 billion euros to reduce carbon emissions at its Dunkirk steelworks, with financial support from the state, the French government announced Sunday.

The annual meeting of global leaders gets underway in the Swiss ski-resort of Davos on Monday, with the world economy facing a year of dampened growth prospects and uncertainty stemming from geopolitical unrest, tight financing conditions and the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence.

Senegal launch the defence of their continental title on Monday with a tricky tie against the 2021 quarter-finalists Gambia.

Hundreds of thousands of people on France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion were confined to their homes on Monday as the eye of cyclone Belal hit the northern part of the territory, leaving one person dead.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated his call for fresh talks for the release of hostages held in Gaza by militant group Hamas. This came as families of captives and their supporters gathered for rallies in several European cities to mark 100 days since their abduction.

A top French court is reviewing the government's controversial immigration reform to check that measures toughening the treatment of non-EU migrants do not breach France's constitution. RFI looks at what the legal experts will be considering – and what they might rule has to change.

Day 2 was the first full day of matches. In each and every one of them, football was the winner. And we mean that most sincerely, folks.

A couple of hours after Mo Salah's late penalty saved Egypt from losing to unfancied Mozambique, Cape Verde provided the first shock of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a last-gasp victory over the four-time champions Ghana.

Voters in Comoros cast their ballots in a presidential election on Sunday, Africa's first of 2024. Incumbent President Azali Assoumani said he was confident of a first-round victory, while the opposition alleged electoral fraud.