The Latest Breaking News from France

Voters in Senegal go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in the most wide-open election in the country’s history. The vote comes a few weeks after the explosion of a profound political crisis triggered by its cancellation and then delay by President Macky Sall. FRANCE 24…

France takes action against sexual abuse in sports after 300 implicated in 2023, emphasizing protection of athletes.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France and Italy in May in a bid to improve faltering relations with the European Union, which are impacting EU trade with the world's second-largest economy. Analysts say European companies in China are facing more uncertain business conditions, forcing them to devote more resources…

France's Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron.

With "les Jeux", or the Olympic Games, just around the corner, we discuss France's love of all sorts of other games, from board games, to video games, to betting... to marbles! We also dive into how the quintessentially French game of pétanque came to be.

France's top administrative court is to decide if a three-tonne hippopotamus called Jumbo should be freed after decades working as "the largest hippo in Europe" for a family circus.

Discover how countries like the UK, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and France are upgrading their stock settlement systems to achieve faster and more efficie...

Geologists around the world are calling it the "new gold rush". We ask why companies are rushing to capitalise on white or natural hydrogen, with our guest Minh Khoi Le. He is the head of hydrogen research at business intelligence company Rystad Energy. According to the firm, 40 companies were…

A man who piloted a small boat carrying more than 50 migrants to Britain from France has been jailed.

IN THE PRESS – Thursday, March 21: We look at reactions to the confirmation of Prabowo Subianto's election as Indonesia's new president. In France, photos of a sweaty, muscled Emmanuel Macron boxing spark derision and questions about their symbolism. Shohei Ohtani, the highest-paid US baseball player in the world, fires…

Where politicians once looked to project health and fitness with jogs in the park, martial sports like boxing have now gained the upper hand, with France's Emmanuel Macron the latest to strap on gloves.