•Strait of Hormuz Six major international powers, including Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, said yesterday they were ready “to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz”. “We welcome the commitment of nations who are engaging in preparatory planning,” the grouping — which also includes Italy and...
•France PM Emmanuel Macron and Indian PM Narendra Modi France warned today it could block the disbursement of climate funds to India under a recent trade deal with the EU if New Delhi does not up its game in fighting global warming. France’s ecological transition minister Monique Barbut told our correspondent the European Union should [&hellip...
•French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) “Le Temeraire” – S617 President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that France will expand its atomic arsenal and could deploy nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time, as he unveiled a plan to bolster security on the continent. Speaking from the Ile Longue nuclea...
•French President Emmanuel Macron France’s government yesterday presented an energy plan to use less imported fossil fuels, including by ramping up nuclear-fuelled power production over the next decade. France wants to phase out fossil fuels by 2050 and is hoping consumers will switch from burning oil and gas to consuming more low-carbon elect...
•Greenlandic flags on a building in Nuuk, Greenland Canada and France, which both oppose US President Donald Trump’s claim to Greenland, will open consulates in the Danish autonomous territory’s capital today, in a strong show of support for the local government. Since returning to the White House last year, Trump has insisted that Washington ...
•Elon Musk France summoned billionaire Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” as cybercrime authorities today searched the French offices of his social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said. The operation, which involves EU police agency Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025 into whether X’s algorithm w...
•Infant formula and France President Emmanuel Macron France plans to impose stricter limits on the acceptable level of a toxin called cereulide in infant formula after potentially contaminated products were recalled in over 60 countries. The infant formula industry has been rocked in recent weeks by several firms recalling batches that could b...
Some of the winter’s coldest weather so far hit travel in Britain, France, and the Netherlands yesterday, closing roads, grounding flights, and forcing train cancellations, including on Eurostar, just days after a power outage caused major disruption. Eurostar, which links the UK to the European mainland, told passengers travelling between Lon...
•Disposable plastics cups The French government today postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives. The ban was meant to start on January 1, reports AFP. But the ministry for ecological transition said that results from a recent review into the “technical feasibility of eliminatin...
•Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Senegal has “decided to suspend” all extraditions to France, Dakar’s justice minister said, accusing Paris of refusing to hand over two Senegalese citizens to the West African country. The row comes after the French courts postponed a decision last month on whether to return a Senegalese press b...
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