カテゴリー: France
Deadly riots spiralled into wider crisis over over constitutional voting changes to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territoryPeople in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the unrest?‘We will fight until Kanaky i…
Macron holds crisis meeting amid unrest over plan to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territoryFrance has said it will impose a state of emergency in New Caledonia for at least 12 days, after a second night of unrest over…
Chinese president hails two countries’ friendship before his arrival, after visiting Pyrenees with MacronChinese flags adorned highways as Serbia got ready to give a home-from-home welcome to Xi Jinping, contrasting tensions on the first leg of the Chi…
Beijing joins France in urging Israel against Rafah offensive in latest effort to make its diplomatic markXi Jinping, sensing a diplomatic opening, is stepping up China’s intervention in the Middle East crisis, issuing a joint statement with the French…
Chinese premier has lunch with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia on his closely watched trip to Europe. This live blog is closedChina hacked UK ministry: reportThe Chinese state has hacked the British ministry of defence, Sky News reported this …
The Chinese premier, Xi Jinping, met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, for talks in Paris. Xi said the world had entered a period of ‘turbulence and change’ adding: ‘As two import…
Emmanuel Macron and Viktor Orbán among leaders Xi is meeting, with several key issues on the tableChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has begun a three-country tour of Europe – his first state visit to the continent in five years – at a time when China-EU t…
Chinese premier meets Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen for talks, with trade and Ukraine on agendaThe trilateral meeting has kicked off.Xi Jinping has arrived at the Élysée palace. Continue reading…
On his first visit to Europe since 2019, Xi is set to meet with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia and HungaryXi Jinping has lauded China’s ties with France as a model for the international community as he arrived in Paris amid threats of a trade…
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continueChina’s president, Xi Jinping, is to visit Europe next week for the first time in five years, in a tour that will take in the unlikely t…
More than 27,000 lightning strikes recorded across France as heavy rain warnings issued in New ZealandAs Storm Pierrick affected France this week, a tornado was reported to have damaged about 15 homes in Lestrem, a village of about 5,000 people in the …
Letter aims to bring public anger over 30,000 deaths of Palestinians in Gaza into heart of parliamentsMore than 200 MPs from 12 countries have committed themselves to trying to persuade their governments to impose a ban on arms sales to Israel, arguing…
French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved onesLate in the evening of 14 December last year four friends…
Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companiesThe world’s biggest operational experimental nuclear fusion reactor – a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity’s future ener…
Exhibition features objects never before seen in Europe and draws lessons from Mongol empire relevant to todayIt was a major cultural row between France and China, prompting a history museum to pull the plug on one of its most important exhibitions of …