Paris, France | AFP | Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have agreed to extend negotiations on a dispute over a French tax on digital giants to the end of the year, postponing Washington’s threat of sanctions against Paris, a French diplomatic source said Monday. The source said the French and …
Read More »FIFA to organise ‘big event’ in fight against AIDS, malaria and TB
Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | FIFA are organising an event to raise funds and awareness to tackle AIDS, tubercolosis and malaria, their president Gianni Infantino told AFP on Friday. Infantino said the idea was in response to Thursday’s announcement tmat governments, philanthropists and private firms had pledged just over $14 …
Read More »UK’s Johnson to hold Brexit talks with Macron after Merkel offers glimmer of hope
Berlin, Germany | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Paris on Thursday, a day after Berlin offered a glimmer of hope that an agreement could be reached to avoid a chaotic “no deal” Brexit. On the second leg of his first foreign visit since taking office, Johnson will meet his …
Read More »State funeral for Tunisia’s Essebsi as new polls loom
Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday attended the funeral of president Beji Caid Essebsi as the North African nation gears up for snap elections as early as September to defend the democratic gains of the Arab Spring. Essebsi, the country’s first head of state elected in …
Read More »Pinot conquers Tourmalet as ‘weak’ Thomas fades in finale
Paris, France | AFP | Thibaut Pinot conquered the Pyrenean summit of la Col du Tourmalet on Saturday with Julian Alaphilippe following him across the line to extend his overall Tour de France lead over defending champion Geraint Thomas, who admitted to feeling “weak”. Thomas, in fact, lost time for a …
Read More »Macron to show off Euro defence cooperation at Paris parade
Paris, France | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday showcase Europe’s defence capabilities by putting European military cooperation at the heart of a Bastille Day parade at a time of growing tensions with the United States. Key EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister …
Read More »Let’s tree again: Macron offers Trump replacement ‘friendship’ oak
Paris, France | AFP | French president Emmanuel Macron will send a replacement oak tree to US President Donald Trump after the original was dug up from the White House garden and died. The French leader offered the young oak to Trump during a state visit to Washington in 2018, and …
Read More »Drugs and Brexit: Race to replace UK’s May under way
London, United Kingdom | AFP | The contest to replace Theresa May as Britain’s next leader formally got under way on Monday, with frontrunner Boris Johnson facing criticism from Paris over his Brexit plan and a key rival struggling to throw off a drugs scandal. Eleven candidates have declared their interest …
Read More »Macron and Trump: ‘frenemies’ in open disagreement
Paris, France | AFP | The last time French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Donald Trump in France, it turned into a diplomatic fiasco which underlined how once warm relations between the men had chilled to the point of freezing. As the two men prepare to hold talks on Thursday on …
Read More »Zuckerberg ‘optimistic’ on regulation after Macron meeting
Paris, France | AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said he was “encouraged” and “optimistic” about the regulatory framework being suggested by France for the social media giant and other online platforms, after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. The meeting followed the drawing up of a report …
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