Factbox: France’s Sarkozy faces more than one criminal investigation
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty on Monday of corruption and influence-peddling and handed a three-year sentence.It ...
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France’s Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail
A Paris court today (1 March) found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured) guilty of corruption and influence peddling ...
France’s Sarkozy awaits verdict in corruption trial
A French court will deliver its verdict in the corruption trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured) today (1 ...
France’s COVID-19 new cases surge by 19,590, deaths up by 586
France reported 19,590 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, sharply up from 4,376 confirmed a day before, ...
France’s BNP to stop financing firms farming deforested land in the Amazon
France’s largest bank BNP Paribas pledged on Monday (15 February) to stop financing firms producing or buying either beef ...
U.S. Vice-President Harris speaks with France’s Macron, seeks to strengthen ties
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, expressing her commitment to strengthening bilateral ties ...
Protesters says France’s anti-radicalism law is anti-Muslim
Activists rallied Sunday in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist ...
Lebanon’s Hariri and France’s Macron discuss Lebanon crisis
Both leaders discuss difficulties in forming a new government. Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Al Hariri on Wednesday ...
Lebanon crisis: Hariri looks to France’s Macron for help in forming new govt, repairing Arab ties
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri met with French President Emmanuel Macron late Wednesday, looking for support to form a ...
Director of France’s elite Sciences Po steps down over Duhamel abuse scandal
The director of France’s elite Sciences Po university resigned Tuesday after it emerged he had known for years about ...