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‘We’re in his madness’: the French mayor who declared independence
In the sparse white dining room of a guesthouse deep in southwest France, the village mayor is engaged in a spot of brainstorming. “One day we’ll manage to stage a Chinese wedding here,” he said. “Because you know what weddings are for the...

Tecnam Appoints St. Barth Executive as Authorized P2012 Service Center in the Americas
In the closing day of the 2025 Caribavia Tecnam announced the appointment of St Barth Executive – Air Inter Isles as an Authorized Service Center for the Tecnam P2012 series. Based in Saint-Barthélemy, French West Indies, St Barth Executive will...

What you need to know about France's 2025 summer sales
Summer means sales season in France, with the government-regulated period of discounts. Here's what you need to know about the 2025 summer sales. In France there are only two official 'soldes' - sales - period per year, one in summer and one in...

Macron Stung by President Ilham Aliyev's Truth: French Minister Ordered to Skip Baku Visit
"Today's comments by President Ilham Aliyev about French hypocrisy and neocolonialism, made at the summit with small island states, hit the bull's-eye: they struck French President Macron hard. Emmanuel Macron was offended, so much so that he...

Leaders’ Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change held as part of COP29 President Ilham Aliyev attended the event VIDEO
Baku, November 13, AZERTAC On November 13, Leaders’ Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change was held in Baku as part of COP29. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, attended the event. Patricia Scotland,...

Leaders’ Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change held as part of COP29, President Ilham Aliyev attended the event -
On November 13, Leaders’ Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change was held in Baku as part of COP29, APA reports. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, attended the event. Patricia Scotland, the moderator of...

Accused sex trafficker Diddy has decades of ties to entertainment, political and business titans: photos
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This French Nursing Home Accepts Inmates Others Won’t
Like the general population, France’s prison population is aging. In 2019, nearly 2600 inmates were over the age of 60, and close to 500 were over 70. According to the French Prison Administration Directorate (DAP), 115 of these individuals were...

Mgr Voderholzer : une conception étriquée de la vérité
Il faut donner crédit à l’évêque de Ratisbonne d’avoir été, avec le cardinal Rainer Woelki, archevêque de Cologne, l’un des premiers opposants au Chemin synodal allemand, s’appuyant sur la Lettre de François à l’Eglise d’Allemagne et sur les...

Ekinops Delivers Optical Upgrade for Caribbean Submarine Network
Global Caribbean Network (GCN) has upgraded its submarine cable infrastructure in the Guadeloupe region using the Ekinops360 WDM platform with FlexRate™ technology. The upgrade enables the delivery of high-capacity internet services across the...

Second Shusha Global Media Forum: Western World should come out of duality and double standards, says President Ilham Aliyev
By Agha Iqrar Haroon Shusha, Azerbaijan: The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his interaction at the opening ceremony of the second Shusha Global Media Forum themed “Unmasking False Narratives: Confronting Disinformation” on...

Emmanuel Macron 'could resign' after second round of disastrous French election that has seen the hard-right surge as allies warn 'unstable' president might step down entirely if he doesn't get a majority - paving the way for Marine Le Pen to take power
President Emmanuel Macron 'could resign' after the second round of disastrous French election, his top aides have warned. Voting has begun in mainland France today in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's...

Turnout in French elections on track to be highest in decades. It's 59.7% with 3 hours to go
PARIS — Turnout in the second round of France’s high-stakes legislative elections is on track to be the highest in more than four decades, at 59.7% with three hours to go before polls close. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament...

France is voting in a key election that could hand the far right a historic victory
PARIS — Voting is underway in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a hung parliament and...

France is voting in a key election that could hand the far right a historic victory
A voter stands in the polling booth during the second round of the legislative elections in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, on Sunday. Mohammed Badra/AP hide caption toggle caption Mohammed Badra/AP PARIS — Voting is underway in mainland...

France goes to the polls in second round of National Assembly elections
FRANCE went to the polls today in pivotal run off elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (NR), or produce a hung parliament. French President Emmanuel Macron gambled in dissolving parliament and...

French election: 30,000 police deployed as voting underway in pivotal run-off elections
Voting has begun in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision or produce a hung parliament and political...

France votes in key elections that could see historic far-right win or hung parliament
Voting has begun in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a hung parliament and years of...

French elections: Second round turnout by noon highest in four decades
People queue to vote in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Paris, France, July 7, 2024. SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS Some 26.63% of voters had turned out for the second round of French...

France overseas residents begin voting in second-round of elections
Sunday's legislative elections in mainland France will be decisive, with parties fighting to steal votes from a strong far-right force. Voters in France’s overseas territories and living abroad started casting ballots Saturday in parliamentary...