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Climate body says France must improve 'fragile' gains on global warming

France is on "the right track" to reduce carbon emissions but needs to vastly speed up its efforts, a yearly report by the High Council for Climate (HCC) has found. The independent group is tasked with monitoring France's climate policies.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 20, 2024

French political parties grilled by business leaders as elections loom

Representatives of major parties in the upcoming snap French legislative elections have pitched their economic plans at a meeting of France's top employers' federation, with the leftist New Popular Front coalition and the far-right National Rally delivering starkly different visions. FRANCE 24's Bryan Quinn takes a closer look.

France 24 · Jun 20, 2024

Will Jonas Vingegaard ride for the win at the 2024 Tour de France?

The two-time defending champion will take part, but his form is unknown after his crash in the spring and his goals remain unclear

Cycling Weekly · Jun 20, 2024

Nabil Bentaleb hospitalised after former Tottenham midfielder falls ill in France

Spurs send best wishes to their academy graduate, whom current club Lille confirm was taken to hospital on Tuesday night

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024

AI boom makes European universities the new Harvard and Stanford for tech talent

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s Parisian alma mater is a breeding ground for France’s $2.3 billion AI talent boom.

Fortune · Jun 20, 2024

‘No reason provided’: Another French journalist says ‘forced to leave’ India

Sébastien Farcis, a French journalist who was the India correspondent for Radio France Internationale and Libération, has claimed that he was forced to leave the country with the Ministry of Home Affairs denying the renewal of his journalist permit. “No reason has been provided to justify this work ban,” he…

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2024

Players sent off at the Euros

From the first red card in 1968 to more recent dismissals, a look at the players sent off at the Euros...

FourFourTwo · Jun 20, 2024

Leaders gather in Paris to discuss boosting vaccine production in Africa

Several senior African politicians are in Paris on Thursday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at a global summit where a billion dollars will be formally pledged to increase the production of vaccines in Africa.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 20, 2024

Senate Probe Urges France Stop Importing Russian LNG

The committee's report also urged the state obtain special rights over French energy giant TotalEnergies' strategic decisions and major changes in shareholders.

International Business Times · Jun 20, 2024

Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right?

A guide to the alliance of left-leaning groups aiming to take on the National Rally in parliamentary elections starting later this month

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024