Tag: France
Macron-Modi love on show as France courts India
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday said he wanted his country to be India's best partner in Europe as he started a three-day...
France wants to set 15 as minimum age for sexual consent
The French government is proposing a law that would say anyone under 15 cannot consent to sex, after widespread shock in two cases involving...
France to assist Pakistan in conservation of archaeological sites
ISLAMABAD: France will extend technical assistance to Pakistan for the conservation of archaeological sites and enhance mutual cooperation in the fields of literature, arts...
Legal age of sexual consent set at 15 in France
France plans to make 15 the age of sexual consent after a public outcry over two cases of sex involving 11-year-old girls, Equality Minister...
French President Macron reaches out to resolve Ghouta crisis
PARIS: The French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to discuss the conflict in Syria at large and the Ghouta region in...
EU aims to tax internet giants at ‘two to six percent’:...
PARIS: The European Union (EU) will soon unveil a plan for taxing major internet companies like Amazon and Facebook by imposing a levy of...
Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
PARIS: Europe's deep freeze, which has cost more than 60 lives over the past week, continued to wreak havoc early Saturday as the shivering...
French actresses launch own ‘Time’s Up’ with white ribbons
PARIS: Over 100 actresses and film professionals in France, including Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger, launched their own movement against sexual violence and said...
Tighter immigration laws planned by Macron, straining parliamentary majority
PARIS: Emmanuel Macron’s government will on Wednesday propose toughening France’s immigration and asylum laws amid strident criticism from human rights groups, in a move...
Senator warns against Pakistan being placed on terror watch-list
--Calls for concrete action to match promises with the situation on ground
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday warned against Pakistan being put on the watch-list...
11-year-old girl, ‘not a child’ for man, 29, accused of sexual...
PARIS: A 29-year-old French man went on trial on Tuesday in a Paris suburb accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in a case...
France go back to future by ending Beauxis’s long spell to...
EDINBURGH: France have gone back to the future by ending Lionel Beauxis's long spell in the international wilderness as they look to kickstart a...
France shows no sign of reviewing weapons sales to Saudi in...
PARIS: France has shown no concrete signs of reducing or suspending weapons sales to a Saudi-led coalition despite warnings that some of its weapons...
France urges halt to air strikes, aid corridors in Syria
French Defence Minister Florence Parly on Friday called for an end to air strikes in Syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors, saying it...
France is to introduce a “new approach” to community policing
PARIS: France is to introduce a "new approach" to community policing that aims to combat anti-social behaviour and lower tensions in many high-crime areas...
French shoppers go nuts for Nutella discount
STRASBOURG: A French supermarket chain's decision to slash the price of Nutella by 70 percent has sparked frenzy, with shoppers across the country jostling...
Paris to get an artificial intelligence research centre courtesy Google
PARIS: Google on Monday announced it will open a research centre in Paris devoted to artificial intelligence, following a meeting between the tech giant’s...
