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India, France agree to expand cooperation on Indo-Pacific body

India and France on Wednesday agreed to set up an Indo-Pacific trilateral framework to roll out development projects, decided to expand strategic cooperation and vowed to work closely to deal with pressing global challenges such as food crisis triggered by the Ukraine war. After wide-ranging talks with her Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna described Russian attacks on Ukraine as waging a "devastating war of aggression" on the territory of a sovereign state and that France is determined to work with India addressing the "terrible consequences" of the war. Referring to the Indo-Pacific, she said many challenges have emerged because of China and both France and India share the same concerns "because we know the role that the Chinese are playing and we want to make sure there is no imbalance" in the region. India and France also decided to expand cooperation in the Indo-Pacific under separate trilaterals with Australia and the United Arab ...

French air traffic controllers to stage strike for higher wages on Sept 16

Air traffic in France will be severely disrupted this Friday due to a strike over wages, the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has warned

Jean-Luc Godard, French director of New Wave films, dies at 91

Godard's work, which influenced Hollywood directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman, included essays, documentaries and films about movie-making itself

France to continue energy tariff shield for households in 2023: FM Le Maire

France's energy tariff shield will remain the same for all households in 2023, Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced

French sports minister criticizes PSG coach Galtier for ironic comments

PSG coach Christophe Galtier's ironic comments about the club's use of planes instead of trains have drawn sharp criticism from France's sports minister. The French league champions have defended their use of chartered flights rather than more ecological trains after an executive for France's high-speed rail network called out the club for flying its players on a short-haul to Nantes last weekend. In his news conference ahead of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League opener against Juventus on Tuesday, newly-appointed Galtier was asked whether he spoke with his players about the transport options. I thought I would get that question. To be very honest with you, this morning we spoke with the company that organizes our trips, and we're trying to see if we can travel by sand yacht, Galtier replied, sarcastically. Sitting next to Galtier, PSG striker Kylian Mbapp burst into laughter when he heard the question from the reporter. Mbapp declined to comment when asked about the use of ...

France, Germany to help each other through energy crisis during winter

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and Germany will help each other through the energy crisis and get by the upcoming winter

Rolling power cuts 'possible' for companies this winter: French PM

However, she noted that a mechanism of right to consume would allow companies to exchange their cuts

France ready for Gazprom's 'pretext' to switch off gas, says minister

Russia's Gazprom announced that from Thursday it would fully suspend gas deliveries to Engie, a French utility, citing a dispute over payments

France saw second hottest summer this year since 1900, hotter than 2003

According to the weather service, France has been struggling with more and stronger heatwaves for the last few decades

France plans pipeline from Spain to central Europe for new energy sources

France is looking into building a pipeline from the Iberian peninsula to the south of the country in a bid to open up new energy sources in the absence of natural gas from Russia

Gazprom tightens gas squeeze on France's Engie amid dispute over contracts

Engie says Gazprom to further reduce supplies from Tuesday; Moscow using gas as a 'weapon of war', says France

Germany, France reject EU visa ban on Russians in a joint position paper

It warns against comprehensive restrictions on issuing visas and stresses the importance of not alienating future generations of Russians

French PM calls on companies to prepare energy plan amid energy crisis

Pannier-Runacher said that France was ahead of its goals, and that the gas reserves would be 100 per cent filled by Nov. 1

SC rejects PIL seeking fresh probe into Rafale deal between India, France

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a fresh probe into the deal between India and France for the procurement of 36 Rafale jets. A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat considered lawyer M L Sharma's submission that a direction for issuing a letters rogatory to collect fresh evidence relating to the deal be issued. He also referred to some media reports alleging that one billion Euros was paid by Dassault Aviation to a middleman to get the deal in its favour. The bench refused to consider the fresh PIL. Sharma then decided to withdraw the PIL. On December 14, 2018, the apex court had dismissed a batch of PILs challenging the deal between India and France for the procurement of 36 Rafale jets, saying there was no occasion to "really doubt the decision making process" warranting setting aside of the contract.

France prepares subsidised electric-car leasing plan at $100 per month

The leasing measure stands to benefit European carmakers rolling out new electric models including Renault SA, Volkswagen AG and Peugeot and Citroen-maker Stellantis NV

French PM Borne announces 1.5 billion euros for ecological transition

French PM Elisabeth Borne has announced a green fund of 1.5 billion euros ($1.5 billion) for local authorities to accelerate the ecological transition in the country

UK's Truss under fire over 'jury is out' remark on French President Macron

Britain's prime ministerial hopeful Liz Truss, in the race against former chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader, came under fire on Friday over her remarks about French President Emmanuel Macron. The Foreign Secretary said the "jury is out" on whether Macron is a "friend or foe" of the UK and that if she becomes Prime Minister she will "judge him by deeds, not words". She was responding to a quickfire question at a hustings event in Norwich on Thursday evening and in response to the same question, Sunak replied that the French President was a friend and has previously said he wants to reset the UK's relationship with Europe if he wins the race to succeed Johnson. The Opposition Labour Party accused Truss of a "a woeful lack of judgement" as it would be seen as an insult of one of "Britain's closest allies". Her own party colleagues also took to social media to criticise the comments, with former foreign minister Alistair Burt saying she has mad

Macron promises French teachers more money, average pay hikes of 10%

Macron however, did not mention when the pay rises would go into effect

Algeria, France vow to examine colonial past; plan future joint projects

Algeria and France have announced they would examine the complex and painful history of France's colonial rule of the North African country while expanding cooperation with future joint projects

Weaker German, French economic data compound energy and euro woes

The S&P flash composite PMI, which tracks manufacturing and services, showed that a downturn in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, deepened in August due to high inflation and rising interest rates.