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Brazil offers to host August summit for Amazon rainforest alliance

Brazil is offering to host a regional summit in early August to renew the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), bringing together countries containing parts of the Amazon rainforest along with senior officials from the U.S. and France.

Reuters

Germany, France join EU proceedings against Hungary over anti-LGBT law

Germany and France are joining the EU Commission's infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday.

Reuters

'Putin has decided to become the new Stalin': Exiled Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin

Russian dissident Vladmir Osechkin spoke to FRANCE 24 from the French city of Biarritz, where he has been living in exile since 2015. The founder of Gulagu.net, an NGO that documents abuses in the Russian prison system, believes the Russian secret services "tried to organise his liquidation" in September 2022.…

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Paris brasserie favoured by Macron set alight as pension protests continue

Awning of La Rotonde briefly in flames as hundreds of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators again take to streets across France

The Guardian - UK

The Abraham Accords: 'Palestinian leaders don’t realise that the region is changing'

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this last of a three-part series, he discussed the Abraham Accords, which saw the normalisation of diplomatic…

France 24

Priyanshu Rajawat shocks top-seed Nishimoto to enter Orleans Masters quarters

NEW DELHI: Rising Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat registered an upset win over top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan to storm into the men's singles quarterfinals of the Orleans Masters Super 300 tourney in Orleans, France on Thursday.

The Times of India

Could Johnny Depp return to Hollywood after the Amber Heard trial? It seems he Cannes

It looks like Johnny Depp's return to Hollywood after last year's turbulent defamation trail against ex-wife Amber Heard will begin in France.

Los Angeles Times

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Anger persists in France's pensions standoff as protesters strike on

France was gripped by an 11th day of strikes and protests against pension reform on Thursday, with air traffic disrupted at Paris's main airport and walkouts hitting the public transport, education, health and energy sectors.

Radio France Internationale

Macron says he's counting on Xi Jinping to 'bring Russia to its senses'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he is counting on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

French source says China ready to work on Ukraine peace, details scant

China is ready to work together with France on obtaining a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Reuters

Another Easter of travel chaos begins as queues build at Dover and France hit by strikes

Wait for passport checks hits 90 minutes as national strike in France grounds flights

The Independent UK

Podcast: France and China, menstrual leave, the 'Picasso Papers'

France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never became French.

Radio France Internationale

France implores China to ‘bring Russia to its senses’ on Ukraine

France’s president, accompanied by the European Commission chief, says he wants to ‘be a voice that unites Europe’.

Al Jazeera

Macron’s favourite restaurant set on fire, participation dwindles in French pension protests

Protesters in Paris briefly set fire to President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurant Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for an 11th day of demonstrations against the president’s deeply unpopular pension reform. Violence also flared in others French cities, including Rennes and Nantes, but overall protest…

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Pension reform protesters briefly invade Paris BlackRock building

Dozens of trade unionists railing against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul briefly invaded the central Paris building in which U.S.-based investment firm BlackRock has an office, chanting slogans and setting off firecrackers.

Irish Mirror

France defeat leaves Shay Given MORE confident in Ireland's Euro 2024 prospects

Former Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has delivered his verdict on Ireland's chances of clinching a top-two spot in their European qualification group.

USA Today Sports Media Group

15 photos of Dustin Johnson through the years

Dustin Johnson was the No. 1 golfer in the world in 2021. He's fallen quite a ways since then.

Leeds Live

Jet2 launches package holidays to 4 new resorts in South of France with flights from Leeds Bradford Airport

Passengers will be able to enjoy a package holiday to the South of France from summer 2023

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Daily Mirror

Easter Sunday set to be the hottest day of the year with UK weather warmer than Monaco

The UK is set to see temperatures rise to 18C over the Bank Holiday weekend making it the hottest day of the year so far and warmer than Monaco in the south of France

Evening Standard

Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant set ablaze in ‘Black Thursday’

Emmanuel Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant was set ablaze today as anti-government demonstrators took part in another ‘Black Thursday’ of industrial action across France.

Irish Mirror

Irish holidaymakers heading to Italy or France issued with new warning before travelling

Most surprisingly, these popular destinations are now being coined as Europe's 'pickpocketing capitals’

Reason

Brickbat: Mon Dieu!

A woman in northern France, who wasn't named by the media, has been charged with "insulting the president of the republic" after calling French President Emmanuel Macron "filth" on Facebook. She faces a fine of up to €12,000 ($13,000) if found guilty.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris Asks Franjieh for Guarantees, Answer Lies with 'Hezbollah'

Qatar's Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi held recently a number of meetings with Lebanese spiritual and political leaders, which highlighted the difference between Qatar and France's approach in dealing with the presidential issue. According to well-informed sources, Paris is likely…

The Independent UK

Why are the French so angry over retiring 2 years later?

Hundreds of thousands of people will fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests again Grip France but Macron Not Backing Down

Protesters disrupted traffic at Paris' main airport and gathered again in other French cities on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthlong firestorm of public anger. In Paris, rat catchers set the tone by hurling the cadavers…

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