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Putin, Biden Agree in Principle to Summit as Ukraine Tensions Soar

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to a summit -- to be held only if Moscow does not invade Ukraine, France announced Monday following a frantic new round of diplomacy to avert an all-out war. Both leaders have said yes in principle to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Luhansk and Donetsk regions recognised as as independent states by Russia – as it happened

Russian president has recognised Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states: Zelenskiy says ‘we are not afraid’. Follow the latest updates

The Guardian - AU

Putin, Biden agree in principle to summit on Ukraine

PARIS: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to a summit, to be held only if Moscow does not invade Ukraine, France announced Monday following a frantic new round of diplomacy to avert a war.

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Biden, Putin agree in principle to France’s summit proposal

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have “accepted the principle” of a summit on the condition that Russia doesn’t invade Ukraine, according to a statement from France.

Tribune News Service

Biden, Putin agree in principle to France’s summit proposal

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have accepted in principle a French proposal for a diplomatic summit, France said, potentially offering fresh hope for a peaceful solution to pull Russia and Ukraine back from the brink of war.

Tribune News Service

Canada's foreign minister delays trip to France over rising Ukraine tensions

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday that she had decided to postpone her trip to France because of rising tensions in Ukraine and would immediately fly back to Canada.

Reuters

A stitch in time: Discovering French fashion traditions

The eastern French town of Lunéville has played a key role in France's fashion history. It's the birthplace of Lunéville stitch embroidery, which features on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. To teach it, there is only one person left: Aude. Her students come from all over the world to learn…

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French Ambassador to UN to Asharq Al-Awsat: Political Process in Syria Has Become a 'Joke'; Iran's Nuclear Program Is a 'Top Priority'

The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Nicolas de Riviere, stressed that the war in Ukraine, if it occurred, would be a "disaster" for the European people. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, he expressed his "pessimism" regarding the current situation in Syria, describing the political and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mahuta heads to a Europe looking abroad, stressed within

France and others are pushing to increase Indo-Pacific engagement - but Ukraine conflict looms large.

Newsroom.co.nz

Documentary on police violence crowned twice at French film festival

The Monopoly of Violence (Un pays qui se tient sage) by David Dufresne won both the Grand Prize and the International Jury prize at the 12th My French Film Festival which wrapped up this week. Using amateur footage taken during violent anti-government Yellow Vest protests, the documentary invites us to…

Radio France Internationale

Iran Lawmakers Want Guarantees US Won't Leave Revamped Deal

Iranian lawmakers have urged President Ebrahim Raisi to obtain guarantees from the US and three European countries that they won't withdraw from the nuclear agreement being renegotiated in Vienna, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday. Meanwhile, Israel’s prime minister said the emerging deal is less stringent than the previous agreement,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Acclaimed Lebanese Singer Sammy Clark Passes Away

Acclaimed Lebanese singer Sammy Clark passed on Sunday after suffering heart problems. Clark, 73, was a singer, composer and musician, who set himself apart from his peers by singing in both Arabic and foreign languages. Born Sammy Hobeika on May 19, 1948, he started off his career by joining the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rugby evening headlines as Austin Healey fires back in spat with Eddie Jones and Eben Etzebeth slammed for 'turning back' on club

Jones and Healey exchanged words last week after the former scrum-half criticised the England boss following the Scotland defeat

Wales Online

Ex-soldier who murdered eight-year-old girl he abducted from wedding reception jailed for life

Nordahl Lelandais convicted at conclusion of trial that gripped France

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France urges its citizens to leave Ukraine's Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk

France urged its citizens on Saturday to leave the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk without delay after a rise in tensions following Russia's military build-up near Ukraine.

France 24

Benin exhibits looted treasures returned by France

Benin President Patrice Talon on Saturday will inaugurate an exhibition of historic artworks returned by France last year, nearly 130 years after they were stolen by colonial forces. The pieces are to be displayed next to works of 34 contemporary artists, as part of a 1-billion-euro initiative to ramp up…

Radio France Internationale

Benin opens exhibition of stolen art treasures returned by France

Benin President Patrice Talon to inaugurate exhibition of historic treasures returned by France last year, nearly 130 years after they were stolen by colonial forces. The 26 pieces, some considered sacred in Benin, will be displayed from Sunday in the presidential palace in Cotonou.

Reuters

Lavrov tells France ignoring Russian demands is bad for stability

Russia's top diplomat told France's foreign minister by phone on Saturday that ignoring Moscow's security demands was bad for stability in Europe and elsewhere, Russia's foreign ministry said, as tensions surged in eastern Ukraine.

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It's the End of the Neoliberal Era, and We Still Don't Know What Neoliberalism Is

Politics is filled with words that mean different things in different mouths, but "neoliberalism" is an especially tangled case.

Radio France Internationale

French schools receive Ilan Halimi prize for combatting discrimination

Students from three schools in different parts of France were awarded the Ilan Halimi prize by the French Prime Minister Jean Castex this week. The winners were congratulated on their various cultural projects aimed at tackling racism and anti-Semitism.

Radio France Internationale

Are ‘bullshit’ jobs taking over the world of work and promoting inequality?

The Covid pandemic has focused a lot of attention on work – what we do, where we do it, how we do it and to some extent, why we do it. The concept of ‘bullshit jobs’ was popularized by an American anthropologist before the pandemic. Now a French researcher has…

Radio France Internationale

Which came first? French biologists crack an entirely chicken-free egg

France is Europe’s biggest egg producer and its cuisine is laden with this economic, versatile, protein-rich food. But for people with allergies, or who follow a vegan diet, it's a nightmare. Two young French biologists took up the challenge of developing an animal-free alternative and after two years of solid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hand-written Manuscript of 'The Little Prince' Exhibited in Paris for First Time

A manuscript of The Little Prince was displayed in France for the first time at an exhibition exploring the works of legendary author and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery, revealing a lot about his imagination, AFP reported. Running until June 26 at the Museum of Decorative Arts, "Meeting the Little Prince"…

France 24

OSCE reports more than 1,500 ceasefire violations in a single day in Ukraine

France on Saturday urged its nationals to leave Ukraine as the OSCE Special Monitoring to Ukraine (SMM) said it had observed “dramatic increase in kinetic activity along the contact line in eastern Ukraine". The news came as Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to personally oversee previously scheduled military drills…

The Guardian - UK

EU praises ‘restraint’ of Kyiv government; Blinken denounces Kremlin claims – as it happened

European Council urges Moscow to ‘de-escalate’ its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing

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